Took in a Male Pacman

[Lija]

Hi Lija ! Noticed you recommended a solution 2X the normal 1:10 Pedialyte to water mix. Is there a particular reason for it, or just the concentration you are using now? What would be a max concentration level? Thank you !

OP: If frog is unresponsive to smaller items; you might want to try making/offering frog food sausages once it starts eating and digestive system is working OK. Literally you buy human sausage casings and fill them with food (amphibian pellets, supplements, dubias, night crawlers, etc.) to make a nice larger prey for stubborn frog. Good luck !

awesome idea!

As for concentration you can do undiluted pedialyte or ringer's, depending on severity of the problem, but i dont like to go that extreme. I use this scheme - 1:1-1:4 in severe cases, 1:5-1:8 in moderate, 1:8- 1:10 for the rest.
Right now i had a lab make me special amphibian ringeri solution that i use.

[GrifTheGreat]

Has the frog ever been dewormed?

[illuminati]

I don't know that the frog has ever been dewormed before or not, if I had to guess I would say probably not. I do know it came from a breeder not a pet store and he pooped and it looks ok..
I have read some stuff about deworming them... just in case that needs to happen.
The friends I got it from actually liked mine so much they researched and go their own.. of the same morph lol. So I keep looking at mine and going and looking at him and thinking how good he will look when he is better because... I have a healthy one and it's gorgeous hahaha.

[illuminati]

** Just wanted to update **
He is now eating earthworms on his own with no force at all. Drop them in front of him and he is gonna eat it. Pretty happy about that.

[PacMan1]

Great hes finally eating and maybe u could try crickets my pac man stopped eating for a bit he had a diet of mealworms and wax worms. I finally went out and bought some crickets for him and he seemed to react nicely to them and hopped around chasing them so now i use crickets which are gut loaded. so if worst comes to worst u could possibly try giving him crickets. Just trying to throw something out there that maybe help

[Mentat]

...As for concentration you can do undiluted pedialyte or ringer's, depending on severity of the problem, but i dont like to go that extreme. I use this scheme - 1:1-1:4 in severe cases, 1:5-1:8 in moderate, 1:8- 1:10 for the rest.
Right now i had a lab make me special amphibian ringeri solution that i use.

Awesome ! Secret formula or can you share ?

[Lija]

Very very secret formula ..... But since you are a nice guy i guess i should share

Amphibian Ringer’s Solution (200–250 mOsm)
6.6 g NaCl


0.15 g KCl


0.15 g CaCl2


0.2 g NaHCO3


Add the reagents to 1 L of distilled water. The solution may be stored for up to 7 d, or longer if it is autoclaved and stored in sterile containers.


An alternative formulation consists of 6.5 g NaCl, 0.42 g KCl, and 0.25 g CaCl2 added to 1 L of distilled water. Up to 10 g of glucose may be added to either formulation, but this reduces the shelf life of unsterilized solution to 24 h.


Source: Wright (2006).