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    Default Re: Adopting a Blind Pacman

    No one has answered you so,I will..I,guess you take care of him just like one that can see,except with more patience and dedication.maybe keep holding the food closer.i don't see a reason why a blind frog can't live a nice,long life,so more power to you....

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    tong feeding will probably be best, take the appropriate sized insect/worm/food piece hold it in tongs and carefully put it near the frogs mouth, you may need to rub its lips or across its feet to get a bite response but with patience and practice it should learn to eat from them. dont forget to read the care article located here on the forum. good luck to you

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    Depending on the level of sight loss you may have to do a couple of assist feeds before it realizes that tongs pressing a worm to its lips means food (by all means, try normal tong-feeding first, just saying that you may have to go a bit further than that if it doesn't work). Frogs rely heavily on sight to eat, so it may take awhile to wire new feeding behaviors into their brains.

    I have a garter snake that went blind in his old age. He had to re-learn how to eat initially, but he's been doing fine for several years now with no sight.
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    I agree with DVirginiana.


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