Logistical Problems for experienced keepers!

[Ccarver]

I was under the impression Pacman frogs needed a staple diet of crickets or other live insects. Can pellets be used as a staple, and if so what brand? Do you still purchase vitamins and calcium powder?


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[alane]

Well, they will only _hunt_ live insects. Movement is what triggers their feeding reflex. Thus the need for live insects or worms.But, if you can figure out how to get them to eat pellets, that's a fine staple as well. It's a trick to get one of these frogs to eat a pellet. You and your frog will have to work it out. Me and my frog? I wait for a shed; the frog opens its mouth, the pellet goes in, he clamps down and swallows. Took me a month to figure that out.I am aware of two brands of PacMan food: I use "Hikari Reptile" 'Pac-Attack'. The other brand I am aware of is Zoo Med. Since Pac-Attack is preformed into pellets, it seems easier for me, at least right now with the size of my frog. Adding vitamin powder to the pellets is unnecessary, as they are already enriched just for this sort of frog.A single pellet is an excellent full meal for him, maybe a part of a second. Once every three days.A week ago, I would have said "My frog hates these things but my cat likes them"With only a week of feeding pellets, two feedings, I feel my frog has swelled quite a bit. If I didn't know before, now I know for sure where the stomach is and where the large intestine is.

[monster]

Properly gutloaded Crickets, nightcrawlers and roaches should behis staple diet. You don't need all 3 any 2 of the above will work, preferably one of the insects and the nightcrawlers. When you start feeding night crawlers you can really see the growth speed up, they are an exellent source of food. Then throw in a pink mouse one a month if you want and you can feed hornworms, butter worms and silkworms etc every once in awhile for treats. For the pellets I'm not sure because I refuse to use them, your frog will appreciate live food and you will get a better feeding response with live food. For the tank question I have always started with a 10 gallon divided into 2 and just moved the divider as they grow.

[monster]

I forgot to mention that when your frog is an adult and big enough instead of pinkies you can give fuzzies. I give prekilled but some people will give alive, I do prekilled just to avoid injury to my frogs and I only give them every once awhile. I don't do the once the month it's more every couple for my guys if that. And this is even if you choose to give them. And when I say I refuse to use the pellets I'm not saying they are bad and not to use them there is people that use them with success, I just prefer to give live food.

[alane]

one thing i'll say about pellets; they are dry (well, moistened) when they go in. But then they soak up water and double in volume. This happens inside the frog. He goes from having a stomach shaped like a pill to being a fat overstuffed looking thing.
This expansion seems to be unlike real food.

i will stick with pellets for a few weeks and see what happens to the weekly PacMan weigh-in.

all of my frogs would love night crawlers, so i need to find some locally. the big pet stores do not have them.