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    Smile My first Pacman Frog

    Hello everybody,

    I just joined and introduced myself here.
    Last Saturday I got my first Pacman frog. He or she is a C. Cranwelli, green with some yellow.
    I knew about Pacmans for a while but never really thought about keeping one.
    Recently i started watching care video's, reading care sheets, etc. and became well... slightly obsessed lol.

    My froggy Kermit, (had to be Kermit of course) is now 3 months on land, and still very small
    Has a feisty character, and that's why I chose this one, because of the active response I got when picking her little container up at the frog fair this weekend.
    I house her in an Exo Terra (30cmx30cmx30cm)The substrate is 5 /6 cm of coco coir, eco earth, it's the same thing.
    I have an UTH about 7 watts covering a third of the tank for night heat, I have it on 24/7, so Kermit can thermoregulate.
    I chose to put it under the tank, not on the side because I have an exo terra which has a screen top, so I'd have a lot of heat loss, and I am planning on a backdrop which will further obstruct warmt. The heat mat only covers a small area, and Kermit can get away from it if needed.

    The temperature still got to only about 21 degrees celcius using only the small heat mat, and I read that was a bit on the low side.
    I added an exo terra daylight basking lamp of 25 watts to the enclosure.
    I chose this lamp because it's sides are covered with a neodymium coating, so it's not too bright and the beam is not fixed on a certain spot, so no bright lights for Kermits eyes, and the substrate doesn't dry out fast. It now is about 24/25 degrees celcius during the day give or take a degree sometimes.

    The humidity is between 60 to 80% sometimes a bit higher when the light goes off. I try to keep it between 70 to 80% during the day with daily misting.I read that that was the preferred humidity level.There is a hide at the warm side and one at the cool side, and also a shallow exo terra waterdish, I added some fake plants as decor but didn't want to make it too complicated for cleaning purposes and not to make it too crowded in there.
    I know Kermit will get bigger and bigger... and bigger, so I am aware I'll have to buy a bigger enclosure when Kermit is full grown, then I might add some driftwood in there, but I'll look into that in December or so. I am planning to get one about 50 to 60 cm wide and 30 deep.

    I fed Kermit some crickets, 1 is already gone but there are a few left. I dust them on and off with reptivite, and treat the water used for bathing and misting with water conditioner. I am really trying hard to do things right, because I love this frog

    Well, enough said I guess here are some pictures of my frog and the enclosure.

    Take care now,

    Joey














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