Howdy! And... trouble with new Pacman baby?

[monster]

Hey one little thing noticed after looking over the thread is you may want to change that daylight bulb you have in for a red bulb, night bulb or some really low wattage leds. Even though there is no uvb the bright light can still hurt his eyes. I cant really tell how much light it gives off because the room light is on but it may be something you want to look into.

[DVirginiana]

Mine took weeks to figure out the tongs. What are you trying to tong-feed? I tried basically everything I could, and nightcrawlers were finally what got mine to take food from the tongs. Both my pac and my WTF HATE it and back away if I get a cricket too close with the tongs and the legs touch their face. The nightcrawlers don't seem to bug them (no pun intended) that much.

[jasonm96]

at first when I got my horned frog the only thing he would take would be locusts of a reasonable size, then weaned him on to other foods

[TekNinja81]

...you may want to change that daylight bulb you have in for a red bulb, night bulb or some really low wattage leds....

I had been wondering about that myself, as I know the albinos are more sensitive to UVB and harsh light. The 60W daytime bulb I have doesn't output any UVB, and is a softer light than the regular CFL-type bulbs we originally had, but I picked up an ExoTerra 50W red (infrared basking spot) bulb to replace it with tonight. It seems to be working well, though I re-covered the rear half of the top to help hold in some of the heat & humidity. Supposedly the 50W IR basking bulbs run about 15F cooler than the daytime heat lamps do. (Boxes state 73F for the IR, 88F for the daytime heat, at 12"... IR doesn't even list anything beyond that distance.) I'll see how it goes in the next few days. Another alternative is that we actually have some red lens material that could be placed under the daytime light to "imitate" a red light...

Mine took weeks to figure out the tongs. What are you trying to tong-feed? I tried basically everything I could, and nightcrawlers were finally what got mine to take food from the tongs. Both my pac and my WTF HATE it and back away if I get a cricket too close with the tongs and the legs touch their face. The nightcrawlers don't seem to bug them (no pun intended) that much.

I've tried feeding crickets, silkworms, small hornworms, and bits of nightcrawler via tongs. The first day or two he showed interest and actually did snap at the food items (though as mentioned, one time it was a superworm) but generally ignores most of anything I put in his face now. Hoping he eventually learns. I know he's eating bits and pieces now, but would feel much better if I could actually *see* it happen.