Okay I'm probably just being paranoid, but my poor pacman frog has gone under some serious stress in the last 7 days.

I have a juvenile albino pacman frog and I brought him home yesterday morning. 4 days before bringing him home he had just arrived at the pet store. So he's been moved around a lot in the past week. He went from being shipped to a pet store to being brought to my house.


I've only had him for around 30 hours, but I cannot get him to eat. I understand he's probably just stressed, but I have to ask because the only other amphibian I own is an axolotl and he had no issues eating upon the day I brought him home. Basically, I've never owned a frog before this little guy. (Unless you count aquatic frogs, I've had one of those for a few months in one of my tanks)

He's in a 10 gallon tank with a heating pad and a 40W red night bulb. I'm using eco earth as his substrate and it's about 4-5 inches thick. Topped off with some moss and a very shallow water dish. I mist his cage down twice daily and use foil on top of his cage to help trap the humidity (read this trick online not sure how well it works)

I added the night bulb today because his tank wasn't hitting 80 degrees without it.

I've offered him dusted crickets, non dusted crickets, nightcrawlers, and a prepared food called "pac-attack". He's refused all of it.

Not sure if this means anything, but the second the food touches him, he shakes his head or wipes his face with one of his legs. Almost like he's shooing it away. I've yet to see him even open his mouth. He's spent 99% of his time since he came home buried in the substrate. He did come out once though late last night and moved to a new spot. I understand he'll spend most of his time buried, but since he hasn't eaten that's why I'm concerned.

Is it normal that he hasn't eaten yet? Any tips for encouraging him to start or should I just leave him alone and let it come naturally?

I had a friend recently get a pacman and hers passed away the day after bringing it home. She had gotten it at a reptile show and all the movement and change in scenery I guessed stressed him out and caused him to overheat? this is what the person who sold it to her told her.

I just wanna make sure he settles in well! Don't want to literally stress him to death and also want him to eat.