Baby pacman frog refusing food

[monster]

IN your first post about the splinter you yourself stated that when you pulled it out that it was in their pretty far and that's what was making you think it came from inside. So if it was that far in even if it went through from the outside which your saying now pretty much happened because your sure it didn't come from inside, being as deep as you said it more then likely pierced his intestine. Remember you are the one that stated that it was in there pretty good. You say he currently eating but one of the problems in your post is my frog hasn't eaten now for 5 days and you say it doesn't matter what you do he wont eat. You say you want a legitmate answer, I must say when a person whos profile name is herpvet like in the last post and he has more of those coloured tallies beside his name then most moderators on here tells you to go to the vet I would say that would be a pretty legitmate answer. You are supposed to do the research before you get the animal or at least a little, not wait till you get it home. Anyway we cant make you bring him so heres something else that could contribute to not eating, if your temps aren't warm enough this can make his appetite slow down, the heat helps them digest their food so if its cooler in the tank that will equal slower digestion. You need your temps around 82f during the day and let it drop to around 79-78f at night for a baby. The drop at night is needed because when the temp drop in the wild this when they come out to feed. If your tank is to warm at night he may not come out, he will probably stay buried.

[Sunshine]

I followed the first thread and have been following this one and I thought I should speak up. It was obvious to me from the picture that the "stick" was in fact coming from the inside of the frog. You can see the skin being pulled a bit with it as it is coming out of the body. I agree with everyone else that the frog's best chance is to go to the vet.

[Jessie118]

For you and everyone else, he was taken to the vet on Friday. I just needed to wait for my check. To come in. I appreciate any and all responses so that I could study up on these little guys and he will be just fine. Finally got him to eat and everything! I really just wanted as much information as possible before I went to the vet so I was knowledgable on the possibilities on what could be wrong. I basically wasn't giving him enough time. When I got home I sat down and watched him in an empty container for almost an hour before he finally got his first cricket. Now I know he just needs more time to be set aside so he can eat.

about the other post, the vet didn't really have an answer on what it could be but seems to be fine and have no problems going on.

Now please, everyone, I didn't need 10 different people telling me how horrible I am for not taking him to the vet immediately. When I saw the first "take him to the vet" I had already set up an appointment for Friday night. Everything there after was for my personal knowledge while hoping for some sort of reply to relieve me of some stress. I had a similar problem with my bearded dragon and was told by someone that he was probably just sick of crickets and wanted something yummy and it worked! I order him some worms and gave him some fruit and he was back to eating in no time. I thought (and hoped) it was a situation like that. That's all this post was and all it is going to be. He is not impacted, he is not sickl. My bubba will be okay! I thank you all for your concern (although very harsh :c ) I do appreciate people that care for their animals.

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[monster]

When you brought him to the vet on Friday what procedures did he/she do to determine everything was ok?

[DVirginiana]

I'm glad you took him to the vet.

You have to understand that when you say things like you don't have money to go to the vet and you "know he'll be fine", it makes it sound like you're ignoring advice and not planning to take him. Over the internet it can be very difficult to figure out what people mean without a lot of detail.

I'm also interested in what exactly the vet did/prescribed. It's useful for us to know so when people come with similar problems we can give them an idea of what a vet might tell them when they take their animal in.

All that aside, I'd really recommend still filling out the link that I posted at the top of my previous reply. It's always helpful for anyone who's new to frogs to have people who are more experienced look over their setup and critique it.

[jasonm96]

In the wild no one stops Horned Frogs from ingesting substrate and this will probably be the death of a lot these clumsy eaters. Although bark is worst choice, even the safest ones can still cause problems. A lot of people would just leave the frog and see how it goes so the fact you came on this forum to seek advice and then actually took the frog to the vet is great. What I will say though is that you definitely need to purchase a book on this frog - I recommend Chacoan Horned Frogs by Philippe de Vosjoli as a lot of other books are **** and recommend putting pacman frogs on a substrate of sloped gravel.