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    Digital is good. Hopefully he'll come around. Let us know how the night-time temps look with the new thermometers. If your temps have been hovering between 75-80 I think organ damage is a lot less likely. You could be looking at a lack of vitamins instead (can sometimes cause twitching/neuro issues), but that's more easily corrected and the worms sound good.
    If by grubs you mean superworms, don't feed those. They have a lot of chitin in the exoskeletons and that can cause impaction.

    UTH means Under-Tank-Heater. They come in a bunch of different sizes, and are made to stick to the bottom of the tank. For pacs, they should be put on the side since pacs burrow to cool off and having a heat source beneath them can confuse them. I prefer heat pads to lamps just because they allow the frog to self-regulate more. I like having a room just for the reptiles so I can just keep ambient temp 80-82 and not worry about lamps or UTHs except during winter lol.
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    Hi, I did pick up a heating pad today too that I plan on putting on the cage tonight. I'll certainly give it a try on the side. I haven't done anything different with the temp/humidity and when I put the digital gauges in the tank today I was pleasantly surprised that the humidity was over 80%. I'll cut out the super worms. I was feeding him the small ones but I've also been feeding him grubs. I am not sure if there is a technical term for them but they are fat and white and don't really move around much. He does like those but I did have the wife pick up earth worms today. I got a calcium with D3 powder today and some drops to help the tap water. He already seems like he is doing better. He's been moving around a bunch today and he's burrowed himself under the log again today. When he was in the water soak today I was really surprised how well he can move around in the water. I only had a little bit in there but he was splashing around in there like he was in a swimming pool. Is that (honey & warm water soak) something that he should do often?

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    I do a weekly honey soak for mine, just because she tends to get impacted very easily. If he's acting better with the changes you've made, probably don't worry about it. That was mainly for if his kidneys were damaged (with this new info I think that's less likely). Other members with more experience can comment on the likelihood of long-term damage, because I'm honestly not sure.

    I'd not do a honey soak more than every other day for a sickly frog that really needed it. No more than once a week for a healthy frog (mine seems to genuinely feel better afterward, and it doesn't stress her out)
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