HELP PLEASE!! pacman feeding problem

[Abe]

I feed the crickets Food with calcium and D3. He usually will readily take his food but now he lets the crickets walk by him without sticking his tongue out, but if i put a cricket by his mouth ,with the tongs, he just opens his mouth and i have to put it in his mouth but when he has it in he doesnt swallow right away

[Abe]

And ive had him for about a year

[Abe]

I havent seen anything in his mouth. Im not sure what you mean by lunge i only feed him crickets. I keep the crickets in an ice cream tub with egg cartons.

[limnologist]

since youve had him for a year, obviously youve fed him before. when did he start having trouble eating?

By "lunge" I mean jumping towards the food and biting it instead of using his tongue.

do you clean the cricket cage often? Also, unlike a lot of the hobbiests here, I dont disagree with not using supplement powders but only because I feed my pets insects that I feed fresh fruits and other such things, also, I feed them various types of insects. My recommendations is that you feed those crickets well and that you get some other prey items to feed the frog I.E - earthworms, mealworms, superworms, waxworms, grasshoppers, minnows, guppies, leopard frogs and bullfrogs, baby mammals, ect.

[WorldClassFrogCoddler]

Sorry to hear about your frog not doing too well. I think you are having this problem because the frog isnmt getting enough vitamins and minerals. You should do some research about it on your own because some of it is kind of complicated, but itms not too hard to find a schedule that works for you.

You will need to purchase some powders from the pet store, one will be called calcium with d-three, which you will need to use every other night. On those nights, you should alternate with regular calcium with no d-three, because too much can be as bad as too little.

You'll also need to get some multivitamin powder from the same place, which will be something you use once a week, but not on a night with any other powders.

My frog Bubba once became very sick and weak, and lost the use of her front legs entirely. she could barely move. I got the proper powders and within a day or two she was back to normal. Now, many months later, she is as sturdy as a brick house and as muscular as a pro wrestler. She's healthy and happy and I owe it all to the advice from this forum. Hope you can turn the little guy's health around.

By the way, I am not an expert so you may wish to wait for some more knowledgable folks. Good luck!

[Mentat]

Hello and welcome to FF Abe ! Sorry your Pacman is not well. Please answer the below posted questions to see if we can identify cause.

Also, how many crickets did you used to "throw in" the enclosure? Did you removed the uneaten one's within a few hours? What do you gut load the crickets with? In the mean time, head out to Walmart or a local bait shop and get some not dyed night crawlers. A year old Pacman (+ 3 in. snout to vent) should be able to handle those whole. Try dangling worm in front of frog's mouth or dropping it in front of it without worm hitting the frog's nose. If frog eat's it; then feed as many as it will take and update thread. Good luck !

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[Lija]

Yeah, ill wait for these q to be answered, and would you pls post pic of the enclosure and a frog itself.

It can be anything from nothing to something.