Pacman Frog Not Eating

[GrifTheGreat]

They only use the water dish when they feel a little dry. They won't use it if the soil is moist and the humidity is correct.

[MM70531]

Oh ok, Thanks. For some reason I thought they would use it for bathroom needs. I guess the coconut fiber is doing well and humidity is good because he seems to be a very happy frog now. Still getting use to the home but at least he is out of his burrow now at night and crickets are missing, how often do you change out the dirt???

Happy owner now lol

[DVirginiana]

Some do seem to like using the bathroom in their water, but that's probably more of an individual quirk than anything.

Substrate changes should happen about once a month, and spot cleaning between if you find any poo.

[MM70531]

Ok here's a weird one. What does the poop look like. I look everyday but nothing yet.

[DVirginiana]

Ok here's a weird one. What does the poop look like. I look everyday but nothing yet.

I can usually smell when mine has pooped, even if she's buried it. The substrate goes from smelling like nothing to completely rank overnight. Sometimes they bury their poo, so if your frog suddenly moved from its normal spot, you can dig where he was sitting before and sometimes find it.

It looks kind of like a giant brown sausage the two thirds the length of the frog's body. Pretty obvious; you'll know it when you see it.

[Hypnotic]

And don't worry about crickets commiting suicide. They aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer, I've seen them commit suicide in 1 cm of water. >_>'

[MM70531]

This morning Mr. Packman frog was in his water dish. The water was gone. Not sure if he splashed it off or what so I filled it up with him in it and he was there while I took a shower and got ready for work. Then he moved to the other side of the tank under the fake log I have and was there when I left. Since he was not in his normal place I took out the coconut soil he was in and replaced it, just in case he pooped there. He is getting more active every day. Also the two crickets I put in last night, gone, I would love to see him eat them so I know he is eating but they are gone and I know they can’t escape, I remove the back legs off the crickets and I think this helps him. Happy camper here.