Stubborn Pacman

[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 !

[Lecroixe]

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

Haha, I found out about that just the other day when I was doing more internet searching for curiosity. I think it's kind of adorable that they do that. I always thought he was trying to savor each meal.

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 !

Sweet. Thanks for clearing that up! Keropi is definitely in the juvenile stage; I can feed him a whole worm and maybe a half more if necessary. He'll usually turn away when I try to give him the second half of a second worm so I generally just feed him one worm, cut into two or three pieces, at a time until he gets a little bigger. I'm also glad many have considered nightcrawlers to be a good staple; I rather have worms wriggling around in my garage in a worst case scenario than have to bring roaches or crickets into the house haha.

[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.

[limnologist]

My male brown Cranwelli once ate a garter snake that was exactly 18 inches long. the frog himself was only 5 inches long. He didnt eat for a while after that haha :P

[Lija]

..... I shouldn't probably reply as i dont think i have anything nice to say......
You never feed your frog food items that are too big, ever, not if you care about the frog anyway. Nothing funny about it, it can cause too many problems that might cause death, including inability to digest, impaction, inverted stomach.