Pacman frog eating and leg problems

[jasonm96]

They do not need UVB in captivity when provided D3 through supplements. They've been kept and bred this way for years.

D3 can be attained two ways: from exposure to UVB (injunction with proper heat) or through the diet. Horned frogs eat not only invertebrates but vertebrates as well, so their wild diet is calcium
and vitamin rich, so they probably don't need any UVB to make up for lack of D3. Whereas if you think of an animal like an iguana that only eats plants it will need to bask for this vitamin which plants do not contain.

This why supplements are very important for horned frogs as we rely mainly on insects.

[Jade]

Ok that's what I thought, but he hasn't been eating the much so he hasn't gotton too much D3 but he's been getting calcium via syringe which might have D3.