HELP PLEASE!! pacman feeding problem

[Abe]

Hey guys im really Hoping i can get some help. I have a young pacman frog, about a year old, and lately ive been having trouble when feeding him. I usually throw crickets in his tank but when the crickets pass by him he simply opens his mouth but Doesnt stick his tongue out so he doesnt catch them. I bought feeding tongs but when i manage to get one in his mouth he struggles to swallow it. I know pacmans are voracious feeders and he looks thin. Im really concerned thank you for your help.

[Heatheranne]

Are you using a calcium with vitamin D3 supplement?

How long have you had him? Has he ever eaten for you or is this a change?

[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.

[limnologist]

do you notice anything unusual in his mouth when he opens it? does he lunge for the food? have you tried feeding anything other than crickets and are the food items possibly exposed to some chemicals?

[deranged chipmunk]

Nothing beats an old fashioned glass mercury thermometer IMHO


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[Abe]

So so far ive given Frank about four pedialyte baths and force fed him three times but he'll only eat a small piece of reptaboost dusted crawlers per night because he has trouble swallowing it or it takes him a while. I feed him at about 9:30 pm and cant wait too long for him to swallow to give him another piece because i have to be up at 4:20am for work. Should i try feeding him in the evening and at night in order to get more food and reptaboost in him?

[Lija]

i see we are on a same schedule lol nice coming home early, isnt it? Sucks to wake up early as much lol

You know you dont have to feed a guy at 9:30. Lights in our reptile room and on at 7:30, down and 7:30 in summer, this way i have time to do everything before bed time. They turn off earlier in winter. But really if you prefer feeding in the morning, that is fine, because morning for some people still evening

It doesnt matter when, some would eat and during a day, as long as he eating, stuff him as much as possible, you can offer food at night and morning. For your frog the smaller portions given more frequent the better.

[Abe]

Unfortunately i wake up early because i have a two hour drive to work lol. Ill try to feed him three times a day. I was wondering how you feed your frogs crawlers. Do you always cut them because that sounds like a waste of worms hehe

[Abe]

Also should i continue with the baths?