Pacman Frog Doesn't Seem To Eat

[monster]

And I just noticed you said you got your frog from petsmrt and it was there for about 2 months so if you can get a picture of the little guy to that would be great. I ask this because I know they don't keep them in the best conditions and in that amount of time your frog could have came down with something and his not eating and moveing could be something totally unrelated to housing. And to answer your question about habits this how my pacmans frog Groots day goes. During the day he is kept at 83f on the warm side, 80f in the middle and its 78 on the cool side humidity is 75-80%. He will bury himself totally during the day and he is left alone until about 5 when I go down to mist. At lights out I dim my big UTH and the temps are 80F on the warm, 78 in the middle and 75 on the cold. I go back down at 10 to feed and he is sitting waiting for dinner, after feeding I do another quick mist and I don't see him again till I turn the light on in the morning and that's not for to long because he goes and buries himself under his plant. Andbeing kept like this he has eaten almost everynite since I got him as a baby 3 months ago and poops one big poo a week.There has only been maybe 3 nights he didn't eat and that's because he didn't surface, but he always came up the next night. And he gets 12 hrs f day and night, I do 9 to 9.

[DaveyJones]

Rhubarb (my frog) seems to sit buried completely underneath the soil all day and night. I can't tell if he's eating, he doesn't appear to cuz he never moves from that spot. He doesn't even surface his eyes to scout out prey, he just stays 100% hidden. He isn't in estivation cuz the tank is 80 degrees with 75% humidity. Idk if he is scared since he's so used to his old tank at the pet store, or if he's secretly eating and making me look stupid lolol. But to me it seems like he just won't surface to eat. When do they eat in the wild? How nocturnal are they? What time at night do they eat? Is the environment just strange to him and he's scared and just adjusting? I can't figure it out. If I could see him eat once I wouldn't be nervous, but he just doesn't eat from what I see. I'll add a certian number of crickets tonight and see what's left tomoro...

[DaveyJones]

And also, I'd upload an image but the darn thing says invalid image...uploading pics doesn't work.

[Lija]

Hey guys, would you please keep one person per thread asking please, otherwise it's hard to see who is asking what and in relation to what.
I'll split it right now, hope I'll get it right

[Lija]

And also, I'd upload an image but the darn thing says invalid image...uploading pics doesn't work.

Tech. team is working on that, would you please use photobucket or similar. Thanks

[monster]

I have always fed at night because I believe that's when they eat in the wild. I turn my lights out 9, wait 1/2 hour to an hour after that then I feed him. Maybe try just unburying his head and present the food to him with tongs and see if he takes it. If you get his whole mouth unburied try to rub the food against the bottom of his lip if he doesn't seem interested, sometimes this gets them to bite and once they get abit in they usually will eat more after.

[DaveyJones]

I feel like if I unbury him from hiding it'll freak him out more than he already is (I'm only assuming he's hiding cuz he's scared of his new environment). But maybe could it be that he can't tell what time of day it is? Idk if that's really the answer but he does get 12 hrs of daylight, both from a window across the room plus a red nightlight heat bulb that gives off a decent amount of dull light, and 12 hrs of dark from a black light bulb I plug in at nighttime to heat the tank and to provide the absolute minimal light but still produce heat for him to be warm at night. The black light I use just sorta as moonlight for nocturnal viewing to see if he's eating and to help him hunt at night. Mostly for heat though. Is this a good light set up? As far as I know, he can't see black light, and only sees a little light from the red.

[DaveyJones]

If he doesn't eat in the next several days and remains in that same spot and refuses to move I'm just gunna have to assume he's sick or there's some form of medical issue wrong with him and take him back to the pet store. I have the environment 100% to his liking, there's nothing wrong with my set up, the temp, the humidity, the lights, nothing. He just won't eat and it's frustrating cuz I don't feel like spending a lot of money on an animal that acts the complete opposite from how it should if it were healthy and happy. I'd rather not have a dead frog for no reason in a week or two.