Is this normal frog behavior?

[Mentat]

Substrate should be mixed with dechlorinated water until damp and clumps in fist; but does not drip water out .

[KerkeringJ]

The substrate is moister, and he's been spending his time half burrowed with his head sticking out. I bought some crickets and they seem to have disappeared, but I can't tell if he ate them or if they simply
died, it's hard to tell with the substrate. Does he look dangerously thin?

(Left, last week; Right, today)

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[Louis Charles Bruckner]

I don't like crickets running around loose for long periods of time in the enclosure
with the frog.

#1 The crickets can bite your frog
#2 And if the frog is not feeding and the crickets are crawling over your frog that will stress it out.
Think about it. Would you like to be sleeping in your bed and have something crawl over you?


I have heard a few Pack man frog keepers take out their frog and put it in a small bin to feed.
For 10 min or so and let it eat as many food items as it wants in that time.
These frogs will not over eat.

The other thing is to feed only at night time as these frogs are nocturnal.
2 hrs or so after lights off. Or an hour or so before lights on.
Some frogs will feed 24 hrs a day it depends on your frog, every frog is different.

But try to avoid leaving feeders in the enclosure for more than an hour or so.
Just like feeding in a separate container, feed as much as your frog wants in 10 to 15 min and remove the rest.

Another thing is to get a digital kitchen scale that measures in grams.
and weigh your frog at least once a month when you are cleaning out its enclosure.
This way you can keep tabs on it's heath better.

My frog gained around 20-30 grams a month for the first 5 months
He started at 17g and is now nearly 220g and almost a year old.