New to frogs and have question about Pacmans

[Mentat]

Hello and welcome to FF! Since Pacmans are kept alone and in simple set-ups; you do not need to keep them in paper towels initially. Still, you have to perform a quarantine and not share anything between the new frog and others. Guess this does not applies to you, just letting you know in case get another frog. Always wash hands with soap and hot water before and after feeding and maintenance.

If a baby (1-2 in.) the pet keeper you are describing is too big. Something like an ExoTerra medium Breeding Box (around 12x8x6 in.) is better. Only thing you need there is shredded coco substrate (around 1 in.), a water dish (cleaned daily), and a silk plant. You can then place the whole thing inside it's future larger home and control that to 82F and 70-80% humidity. There are several options for heating; myself prefer a ceramic heat emitter in a built in dimmer dome fixture. With aluminum foil blocking most of ventilation; couple sprays a day will help maintain proper humidity levels.

Shredded coco should be mixed with dechlorinated tap water (recommend Seachem Prime) until damp and clumps in fist; but does not drip water out. Insects should be same as distance between frogs eyes. For dusting, can follow these schedules: http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...schedules.html.

Good luck and make sure you read this: Frog Forum - Pacman and Horned Frogs - Ceratophrys - Care and Breeding !

[cjbage]

Thank you very much, I have bookmarked the links you provided for future reference, I do have one more question if you don't mind, more to clarify my understanding of feeding, I have seen to feed them with earthworms ( not red wrigglers ) and also dubia roaches, so I am assuming with alternating them would be good as long as I cut up the worm to the appropriate length and choose the right size roaches? or should I not give it roaches until it is larger and just find crickets of the right size at a local petco/petsmart as the local small chains in the rural area I live in are geared to cats/dogs/birds... ok so more then one question but its sort of related lol.. is it safe to try and "train" them for the tongs ( soft tipped ones ) from the beginning or is that something I should wait for until I have had it for a bit and it has become more comfortable with interaction ?

[Lija]

No you can try to tongs right away, especially if a baby have been fed like that before ( ask), and foods he is used to eating. Some are used to crickets and might get scared if you go with roaches or nightcrawlers, some wont care of anything as long it is in front of its face, finger would do too


it is ok to ship them, just make sure they come from reliable breeder or company.

[cjbage]

No you can try to tongs right away, especially if a baby have been fed like that before ( ask), and foods he is used to eating. Some are used to crickets and might get scared if you go with roaches or nightcrawlers, some wont care of anything as long it is in front of its face, finger would do too


it is ok to ship them, just make sure they come from reliable breeder or company.

Thanks very much for the info.

It's not so much worry about the breeders since I would go with one recommended from here, it's the delivery people in my area. Let me give examples,

UPS delivery of a $300 set of dishes, they used the box as a step stool, all of the contents were broken with clear boot prints on the outer box.
USPS delivery of medications that should have been brought to the door was found in the middle of the road by the neighbor that almost ran over them and he's the one that brought them up to me.
Fed-EX home delivery dumped packages of electronics down next the road in the yard then had them marked in the delivery area as brought to the front door, after spending 15 min running around the front of the house, back and sides of the house including my car port that's where I finally found the box.

That's the normal delivery of my stuff lol. If it can't fit in my letter box heaven only knows where I will find it and in what condition.

[Lija]

I would ship to fedex hub to hold for pick up then and be there as soon as package arrives.

[Mentat]

You can feed roaches as long as they are smaller than distance between frog's eyes. Only problem with Dubias is that they will quickly burrow if not feed from tongs. A diet of Dubias and night crawlers is fine.

Lija's idea of having the animals shipped to the local hub is very good. Most frog dealers actually prefer that, since the animals will be at a controlled weather building until you sign for them. FEDEX is usually better than UPS when it comes to shipping live animals. If you have the means to pick up the package (arrives usually early AM) at the hub myself would go for it .