How fat is too fat?

[Subdolus]

The Pacman I have is pretty big.

He barely fits in my hand and, when he's sitting there, his sides extend past the sides of my palm.

I know Pacmans are supposed to be pretty round, chubby frogs, but I also know they can become obese and I'd like to try to avoid that as it's not necessarily healthy for them; just to note, he was this size when I got him.

He's eaten a few times (a couple dubia roaches, some nightcrawlers, and a few hornworms) but never seems especially hungry.

Pics attached.



Wood hide mainly for scale; I don't keep it in there anymore as those things are prone to molding.


Pics in his original home, which I now use to put him in when I need him out of his tank for cleaning.

[daybr4ke]

Hi! I think your frog looks fine, as these frogs are pretty hefty. In general, the rule of thumb is that they should be about as wide as they are long. Again, he looks fine to me, but a picture from directly above would make it easier to see and compare the exact dimensions of your frog.

[Subdolus]

Hi! I think your frog looks fine, as these frogs are pretty hefty. In general, the rule of thumb is that they should be about as wide as they are long. Again, he looks fine to me, but a picture from directly above would make it easier to see and compare the exact dimensions of your frog.

He does seem to be about as wide as he is long, so that's encouraging. I've not had one of these frogs before so, still working on learning appropriate size.
He's probably--around the size of a baseball if I had to compare him to some other object.

The last pic in the post is fairly top down, but here's another one with one of my containers of dusting stuff laying next to him for some scale. I should have thought to weigh him last night when I replaced the coco chips with fiber but it slipped my mind.
He's not fully buried right now (his head and part of his back are above the substrate) so I could take him out and weigh him this evening.

[daybr4ke]

Honestly, unless you want to weigh him/her because you're curious I don't think there's any need. You have a beautiful, healthy looking frog.
I am a little curious about his eating though. How much has he eaten in what period of time?

[Subdolus]

I've had him about 2 weeks and he's eaten (in that time):

3 big hornworms, 2 dusted dubia roaches, and 1 nightcrawler. His last owner told me she'd just dump in about 24 crickets two or three times per week and let him snack until they were gone but, honestly, I hate keeping crickets and prefer the dubias as we already have a colony for the tarantulas, and hornworms (and nightcrawlers).

I'm still trying to figure out how much and how often to feed him. Guides are kind of vague and most I've found are tailored to growing, baby frogs not adults.

[monster]

He seems to look ok to me. Do you use that reptisafe in all his water? And has he pooped for you at all since you got him?