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    Make sure you get those meters. Temps should be 80-83 during the day with a drop to 75-77 at night. Humidity should be 70-80%.

    You should offer lighting to the frog. It does not have to be UVB but the frog could overheat with direct sunlight.

    Based on the deplorable conditions you described it sounds like it needs time to adjust to its new environment. If you happen to find poop, send it in for a fecal exam. I don't think it's sick just still recovering from the lack of proper care it was receiving prior

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    Default Re: Is my Pacman sick or just adjusting?

    The lamp and meters are in the mail. It is not in direct sunlight, just partial sun through blinds. I just wanted to make sure it was not sick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frogman1031 View Post
    Make sure you get those meters. Temps should be 80-83 during the day with a drop to 75-77 at night. Humidity should be 70-80%.

    You should offer lighting to the frog. It does not have to be UVB but the frog could overheat with direct sunlight.

    Based on the deplorable conditions you described it sounds like it needs time to adjust to its new environment. If you happen to find poop, send it in for a fecal exam. I don't think it's sick just still recovering from the lack of proper care it was receiving prior
    In your opinion is there anything I can do to help it calm down?

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    Default Re: Is my Pacman sick or just adjusting?

    Give it a place to hide ( a log hide, or a patch of vines to hide underneath)

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    Default Re: Is my Pacman sick or just adjusting?

    I got the meters, humidity is 80, temp is around 80 as well. Still no signs of eating.
    All he is doing is sitting in his water dish. I offered crickets as well as Dubia cockroaches. What am I doing wrong?

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    Try soaking him in 1 part unflavored pedialyte to 10 parts water. Make sure the water is warm to the touch( and dechlorinated of course) And then offer him bits of nightcrawler worms. Make sure they're undyed. If you rub the food around his mouth are it might coax him into attacking the food and devouring it. Or just try the feeding method I offered to see if that might work.

    This saline/glucose solution should be 0,9%.
    You can make this by getting 1 L of warm water and put in 9 grams of Natriumchloride (just table salt is fine, as long as it doesn't contain iodine wich will be written on it when it contains iodine)
    and 9 grams of glucose (or sugar if glucose isn't readily available).
    Mix it in good, and let it settle to reach room temperature.
    Put in you're frog for about 10-15 minutes.

    I stole the recipe off of a super old post so the credit would go to wesleybrouwer for that bit. As for the constant shedding, he might be doing that since they eat their skin when they do? Not really sure why he'd be shedding so much.

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    Guys, would you please advise on things you know about. Please!

    Emily, I don't think there is anything wrong with your frog, it looks pretty round, he is just adjusting, but please post pic of his tank so we can look if there is problem with decor or not.

    What at you need to do is nothing! Just leave the guy be and give him some crickets in his tank. Do not touch him or anything in the enclosure, except change of water, just leave him be for at least a few days. He'll come around.
    Save one animal and it doesn't change the world, but it surely changes the world for that one animal!

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    Just wanted to close this up and say thanks to everyone. My frog seems more normal now and has eaten the past two days

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