Pacman frog bleeding from nose.

[daybr4ke]

Hi froghub! Just checked my PMs, I'm glad Xavier and Monster already advised you! I really hope Trixie is just fine.
I've only ever heard reference to a pacman bleeding from the nose once, but I can't remember where. The, the one thing worrying me about this is generally crickets and most insects dont have red blood, they usually produce a greenish-brownish goo. I wish I had more helpful advice, but Xavier and Monster are right, now it really just comes down to keeping an eye on trixie. It sounds like he/she is behaving normally, which is good. Good luck!

[froghub]

Hi froghub! Just checked my PMs, I'm glad Xavier and Monster already advised you! I really hope Trixie is just fine.
I've only ever heard reference to a pacman bleeding from the nose once, but I can't remember where. The, the one thing worrying me about this is generally crickets and most insects dont have red blood, they usually produce a greenish-brownish goo. I wish I had more helpful advice, but Xavier and Monster are right, now it really just comes down to keeping an eye on trixie. It sounds like he/she is behaving normally, which is good. Good luck!

Yeah, you are right. So i guess the cricket must have in some way managed to cut the frogs mouth. I'll take special care this days.
Hope it's nothing, thanks Bryce

[GrifTheGreat]

Yeah, you are right. So i guess the cricket must have in some way managed to cut the frogs mouth. I'll take special care this days.
Hope it's nothing, thanks Bryce

These frogs have tough skin and the spines on the hind legs of crickets would have difficulty piercing it. Are you positive it was blood? The reason i ask this is because their blood clots very quickly and would begin to coagulate rapidly once exposed to the air. Did you happen to get any photos of what you are describing?

Bryce is correct. Insect blood is called hemolymph and is not normally red in color because it does not contain red blood cells. Crickets do occationally produce a spit similar to what grasshoppers produce and can be reddish brown. The cricket could have gotten on the frog's face and left a spot before the frog attempted to eat it.

[froghub]

These frogs have tough skin and the spines on the hind legs of crickets would have difficulty piercing it. Are you positive it was blood? The reason i ask this is because their blood clots very quickly and would begin to coagulate rapidly once exposed to the air. Did you happen to get any photos of what you are describing?

Bryce is correct. Insect blood is called hemolymph and is not normally red in color because it does not contain red blood cells. Crickets do occationally produce a spit similar to what grasshoppers produce and can be reddish brown. The cricket could have gotten on the frog's face and left a spot before the frog attempted to eat it.

First off all, thank you very much for your answer Grif.
Yes, 100% positive it was blood coming from his nostrils.
Also 100% sure it was from the nostrils and i was checking him out i saw it coming out in both nostrils, so it wasnt an outside bite.
I tongfed him and i fed him the cricket butt first, mouth toward the substrat so if he bitted the frog in the mouth it would have been in the lower side.
It was red like ours. Then it did coagulate very fast and there was a translucid liquid where it had coagulated by the nostrils. I cleaned all out and untill now it did not happen again. Should i be worried about him?
No time for the photo, just had the time to clean him up and check if he was good.
Before he got the blood coming out i've noticed that sometimes he opens his mouth to breath. Now he doesn't do that anymore. Maybe something was stuck in there and he did the blood thing to free the nostrils? Since he was eating something big he could be asfixiating or something and cleaning the nostrils to breath? Not sure if this makes any sense.
Lets say he was full already, and he tried to eat this big cricket last, could that be a problem and cause this blood?
Also i'm considering that he could have banged his face agaisnt the wall as Monster said or while jumping to the pool as he moves a lot. But i guess if it was the case he would not bleed after, it would be in the moment. While i was there it did not happen.
I'll feed the guy again tomorrow, hope it doesn't happen again. I might just kill the crickets before feeding him
Thanks

[GrifTheGreat]

First off all, thank you very much for your answer Grif.
Yes, 100% positive it was blood coming from his nostrils. Then it did coagulate very fast and there was a translucid liquid where it had coagulated by the nostrils. I cleaned all out and untill now it did not happen again. Should i be worried about him?
Thanks

If blood came from the frog's nostrils then yes that is not good. Any discharge from the nostrils is usually a bad sign unless the frog is fed in water, in which case if they get a mouthful of water they will expell it through their nostrils. Are you using tongs or forceps to feed your frogs? The reason I ask is because they can hurt themselves when they get over excited during feeding and bite the tongs.

[froghub]

If blood came from the frog's nostrils then yes that is not good. Any discharge from the nostrils is usually a bad sign unless the frog is fed in water, in which case if they get a mouthful of water they will expell it through their nostrils. Are you using tongs or forceps to feed your frogs? The reason I ask is because they can hurt themselves when they get over excited during feeding and bite the tongs.

If his airway were blocked, he would have asphyxiated. Though they can utilize cutaneous respiration, their primary means of obtaining oxygen is through ventilation of the lungs.

They do not breath through their mouths. The yawn like motion of the mouth is to assist in swallowing prey. This is sometimes used in conjunction with depression of the eyes to release the prey from the tongue.

I've never had any discharge blood from their nostrils or have their nostrils obstructed. This is not a natural occurrence.

If he were full and ate too much or too large of prey it could result in a ruptured stomach, but that would have killed him immediately.

20cms tongs, he did not bite them but he struggled with that one cricket he was trying to run off and he was big.
The bleeding only started when cricket head was in the mouth already.
I pinch the cricket by the head and give the butt to the frog so he had space.
I've edited the other post while you were answering, sorry.
Okay so he have not eat too much, maybe more than normal but not exploding.
He usually eats 6 mediuns, i gave him 3 big ones this time.
What if that yawn movement happens outside of eating time? They're hungry?
Okay so it narrows it down. Most likely he hurted himself in the mouth eating that cricket?
What should i do?
Thanks

[GrifTheGreat]

20cms tongs, he did not bite them but he struggled with that one cricket he was trying to run off and he was big.
The bleeding only started when cricket head was in the mouth already.
I pinch the cricket by the head and give the butt to the frog so he had space.
I've edited the other post while you were answering, sorry.
What if that yawn movement happens outside of eating time? They're hungry?
Okay so it narrows it down. Most likely he hurted himself in the mouth eating that cricket?
What should i do?
Thanks

They also yawn when shedding because they eat their shed skin.

Give the crickets to him head first. All the spines on their legs hook backwards and the legs fold that way as well. You could feed him smaller crickets if you are worried.

[GrifTheGreat]

First off all, thank you very much for your answer Grif.
Yes, 100% positive it was blood coming from his nostrils.
Also 100% sure it was from the nostrils and i was checking him out i saw it coming out in both nostrils, so it wasnt an outside bite.
I tongfed him and i fed him the cricket butt first, mouth toward the substrat so if he bitted the frog in the mouth it would have been in the lower side.
It was red like ours. Then it did coagulate very fast and there was a translucid liquid where it had coagulated by the nostrils. I cleaned all out and untill now it did not happen again. Should i be worried about him?
No time for the photo, just had the time to clean him up and check if he was good.
Before he got the blood coming out i've noticed that sometimes he opens his mouth to breath. Now he doesn't do that anymore. Maybe something was stuck in there and he did the blood thing to free the nostrils? Since he was eating something big he could be asfixiating or something and cleaning the nostrils to breath? Not sure if this makes any sense.
Lets say he was full already, and he tried to eat this big cricket last, could that be a problem and cause this blood?
I'll feed the guy again tomorrow, hope it doesn't happen again. I might just kill the crickets before feeding him
Thanks

If his airway were blocked, he would have asphyxiated. Though they can utilize cutaneous respiration, their primary means of obtaining oxygen is through ventilation of the lungs.

They do not breath through their mouths. The yawn like motion of the mouth is to assist in swallowing prey. This is sometimes used in conjunction with depression of the eyes to release the prey from the tongue.

I've never had any discharge blood from their nostrils or have their nostrils obstructed. This is not a natural occurrence.

If he were full and ate too much or too large of prey it could result in a ruptured stomach, but that would have killed him immediately.