Stubborn Pacman

[GrifTheGreat]

It doesn't stress the frog if you rub the food and he takes it, but if he starts to go into a defensive posture then you need to worry. Some are just lazy like this. Its their nature.

[limnologist]

I concur haha

[Bast3rd]

I try rubbing food in my guys face. The turns away and backs up. You say you need to worry about defensive posture. Should I be worried? Why? what does this mean?

[GrifTheGreat]

I try rubbing food in my guys face. The turns away and backs up. You say you need to worry about defensive posture. Should I be worried? Why? what does this mean?

That means he's stressed. Try letting him catch food on his own.

[limnologist]

In the end, as long as there is food in the tank, and if he isnt deathly sick, he will eat. He will eat when he wants to.

[123nave]

that's how my pacman and bearded dragon are too!!!

[Lecroixe]

My Keropi generally won't eat if I have to resort to rubbing it along his face. However I do cut my long nightcrawlers down into 2-3 segments and try to drop them right in front of him. Today I went to feed him (Approx. two and a half days since last feeding), just kinda floated the squiggly worm in front of him above him about an three inches before just immediately dropping it on the surface for him, he just bolted for it with his face and snatched the worm piece. He was hungry, I could tell :3

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On a side note, I don't think I've read anywhere but:
Now I know that a lot of people say that food should be no bigger than the width of their eyes, but does food of any larger sizes pose any health threats or dangerous conditions? Keropi does sometimes recede his eyes into his body when I guess he swallows for about a second or two while he does his big gulp but I usually give him a few minutes in between each worm piece to let him fully swallow each piece.

[Murphy]

My Keropi generally won't eat if I have to resort to rubbing it along his face. However I do cut my long nightcrawlers down into 2-3 segments and try to drop them right in front of him. Today I went to feed him (Approx. two and a half days since last feeding), just kinda floated the squiggly worm in front of him above him about an three inches before just immediately dropping it on the surface for him, he just bolted for it with his face and snatched the worm piece. He was hungry, I could tell :3

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On a side note, I don't think I've read anywhere but:
Now I know that a lot of people say that food should be no bigger than the width of their eyes, but does food of any larger sizes pose any health threats or dangerous conditions? Keropi does sometimes recede his eyes into his body when I guess he swallows for about a second or two while he does his big gulp but I usually give him a few minutes in between each worm piece to let him fully swallow each piece.

Thats how all frogs swallow. They recede their eyes to push the food down.

[Mentat]

...On a side note, I don't think I've read anywhere but: Now I know that a lot of people say that food should be no bigger than the width of their eyes, but does food of any larger sizes pose any health threats or dangerous conditions? Keropi does sometimes recede his eyes into his body when I guess he swallows for about a second or two while he does his big gulp but I usually give him a few minutes in between each worm piece to let him fully swallow each piece.

The rule about food not being bigger than the "distance between the frog's eyes" applies mostly to insects due to their harder part bodies like the head being an impaction issue. When it comes to softer foods like earthworms, it depends more on the mouth/stomach size. For Pacman frogs, babies should get mouth sized pieces; juveniles 2-3 in. can handle body length pieces; and adults 3.5 to 4 in. and up can handle whole night crawlers with no issues. Good luck !

[limnologist]

My Keropi generally won't eat if I have to resort to rubbing it along his face. However I do cut my long nightcrawlers down into 2-3 segments and try to drop them right in front of him. Today I went to feed him (Approx. two and a half days since last feeding), just kinda floated the squiggly worm in front of him above him about an three inches before just immediately dropping it on the surface for him, he just bolted for it with his face and snatched the worm piece. He was hungry, I could tell :3

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On a side note, I don't think I've read anywhere but:
Now I know that a lot of people say that food should be no bigger than the width of their eyes, but does food of any larger sizes pose any health threats or dangerous conditions? Keropi does sometimes recede his eyes into his body when I guess he swallows for about a second or two while he does his big gulp but I usually give him a few minutes in between each worm piece to let him fully swallow each piece.

People who warn not to allow frogs to eat such large food usually have, in-bred, artificially kept, weak frogs. Naturally, pacman frogs are capable of eating prey items a little over half their size. the reason his eyes recede is because he is using the muscle underneath them to push the food down his throat.