1. Size of enclosure: 16x8" (too small, I know! Have to upgrade ASAP)
2. # of inhabitants - specifically other frogs and size difference : 1 pacman frog, approx 1.5 years old
3. Humidity 60% Trying to increase it
4. Temperature 85
5. Water - type - for both misting and soaking dish Dechlorinated filtered tap water
6. Materials used for substrate Moss (Villa brand)- same as the pet store had him in and Exoterra brand plantation soil( the coconut fiber based one) though he's only burrowingin the moss.
7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial), wood, bark and other material Water dish, substrate.
- How were things prepared prior to being put into the viv.
8. Main food source Large feeder mice every 5-7 days (According to pet store)
9. Vitamins and calcium? (how often N/A They dust the mice with vitamins. I have reptivite to use
10. Lighting 50 watt infared basking spot light (red) + 26 watt UVB
11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure At first,a USELESS exoterra heat pad on the side. Now, the red light is for heat I think.
12. When is the last time he/she at Last Wednesday at the pet store. I obtained him yeseterday (Monday)
13. Have you found poop lately No and not sure what it looks like.
14. A pic would be helpful including frog and enclosure (any including cell phone pic is fine See photos below
15. How old is the frog1.5- 2 years
16. How long have you owned him/her 1 day.
17. Is the frog wild caught or captive bredCaptive
18. Frog food- how often and if it is diverse, what other feeders are used as treatd Apparently he has graduated to large mice and that's all he was fed.
19. How often the frog is handled Rarely
20. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic areaffDo I count as traffic?lol Beside my laptop. Low traffic area
21. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etWater dish changed daily.


Okay, I am completely new to this!~
I know that pet stores give the wrong information all the time. I have parrots and if they tried to tell me misinformation about a bird,I would know.
However, this is a frog, and I know nothing despite researching it..There just doesn't seem to be a lot of coinciding information re: pacman frogs!

The lady at the pet store said that he eats feeder mice, because he's big and would eat too many crickets otherwise.
I thought they were too high in fat to be fed mice all the time?

I also thought moss was bad... But they kept their two pacman frogs (1 albino, the one I bought, and they had another normal one) in moss that they spritzed once a day. When I took Olaf home yesterday, the moss was dry as a bone which I thought was a bad thing?
Also, their temperature gauge was broken so no idea what temp they were keeping him at..No humidity gauge in there either. I have those now in his tank.

I bought the light fixtures and bulbs that the lady suggested. It's northern bc here and I have an older,poorly insulated house so it is about 70 degrees or so in my house this time of year. I don't want him to get cold.

Question - is it safe to have the lights set up how I do? I just turned the red light off because it was very effective in getting him up to the right temperature.

I know he needs a bigger tank.; I got the tank yesterday and the person told me it was a ten gallon but after measuring it,I'm pretty sure it's a five, which is too small for poor Olaf!!

IS too much temperature fluctuation bad for them? The temp had gone past 86 a few mins ago but now that the red light is off, it quickly dropped to 75. Am worried both about him overheating and being too cold. I turned the light back on for him.

Is spritzing water in the tank the only way to increase the humidity?
I have to take that stupid exoterra heat pad back to the other pet store I got it from. Seriously,NO heat came off it when I set everything up and he must have been cold last night despite me putting my regular heater right next to him.

Sorry if my questions are stupid. I just want to do this right. Any other advice would be appreciated!
Thanks