Feeding New 3 Stripe Baby Pacman Frog

[jasonm96]

Crickets, earthworms, roaches and once a month you can feed a pinkie mouse when he is big enough. Remember babies need fed daily to every other day and require calcium + d3 to help them with their fast growing bones. Make sure the heat mat is on the wall, not bottom. I prefer to use a heat lamp as it raises the ambient air temperature in the terrarium

[monster]

You also need a multivitamin to go with the calcium and D3. Don't put the matt on the bottom as stated above because they burrow to cool off, always on the side. And once on the side you always want to go up a size then what your tank is. Getting some heat producing bulb like a red bulb or the purple night ones is your easiest way to heat the tank. And you will want to hook the heat source up to a rheostat or dimmer to control the heat. Remember though with the over head heat from the lights it will dry out your tank faster so you will have to mist more or buy a fogger. IMO zoo med hygrotherm is a life saver, plug in your heat source and your fogger and you are worry free. For the feeding Jason has you covered just remember the feeders shouldn't be wider then the space between his eyes and no longer then half his body length, this is very important for babies. And if you can get some Canadian nightcrawlers that would be your best as a staple for his diet and then throw in crickets and roaches etc. The nightcrawlers are also really good for the babies because they are soft and very easy digest.

[TheCryingOrc]

I just fed him 4 crickets. The lady at the local pet store said that her crickets are fed with calcium and that the calcium powder wasnt necessary. I'm planning on buying some of the multivitamin soon. I have a heating mat on the side (not inside), but its not on the very bottom of the side, I have it kinda in the middle above the coco substrate. Should i move it down? Also how well do i need to mist? Tonight I just misted enough to cover the whole tank once. I plan on re-filling his water bowl tomorrow. Anything else I need to worry about?

I appreciate the help, I really don't want to mess up! Thanks!

[TheCryingOrc]

Also, i have him in about 2in of substrate, is that good for now? And what brand of multivitamin powder should I get?

[monster]

The heat matt is ok where it is, I let mine sit about an inch above the substrate. And this way being a little higher up, as he grows and you have to add more cocofibre you don't have to take the matt off and reapply it higher. For the crickets yes you need calcium and D3 the lady at the store gave you wrong info, gutloading the crickets with calcium isn't going to be enough. You need to change his water daily even if he hasn't used it, and for the misting you want the humidity to be around 70-80%. For brands of vitamins Repashy makes good ones and so does Rep-cal.

[monster]

Sorry to double post but I just wanted to clear up that you don't want to give the calcium and d3 on the same nights as the multivitamin, always on separate nights. I think maybe the way I put it before you may have thought to give it all at once so just wanted to correct that so im not giving you the wrong advice.

[TheCryingOrc]

Heres a pic of my tank. The black thing on the right side is the heating mat. I'm gonna get an auto mister soon also. I live in southern Georgia, my county borders florida, so the humidity is pretty high already. How do i know that my substrate is too dry? I just put more water in because i felt like the substrate was sticking to his skin. When he was eating the crickets, i noticed he kept trying to brush it off and had a bit of it on his tongue and all over his body. I know it's ok that he might consume some, but i dont want it to bother his skin and his eating. Maybe I should feed him in a different tank? Should I invest in a lamp (what brand)? I'm sorry to bother you, but I wanna do the best I can. Thank you so much.


He's in the corner because he was hopping for the last cricket. He's not a very docile creature lol. His name is Farley after Chris Farley.

[jasonm96]

Hiya,
By the looks of the heat mat is too big for the tank you have, you want it to cover no more than half the wall. Remember heat mats MUST be used with a thermostat to prevent over heating and fire hazards. Also, a heat mats temperature should be monitored by a digital thermometer, with the probe on the heat mat. Whether or not you need a heat lamp depends on how warm you house is, I prefer to use them because I live in a cold climate and the ambient temperature of my house is low. You want to invest in a humidity gauge to monitor the humidity and keep it between 60-80%. Because it's a baby consider getting a silk hanging plant to trail down and offer the frog some security.