New Pacman-- Limey, setup critique, and help.

[Epedemik]

Well the 7th day now. Only got 2 crickets in him the first week. I think I am not going to try to feed him until I see him surface on his own. If that takes several days then so be it.
His size, shape, and color still look very normal. He is responsive to everything. Monday night he did lunge a couple times toward food but seemed to get discouraged and not try anymore. The crickets I have are bigger than the space between his eyes. So, I ordered some worms and will try to offer different things whenever he surfaces and looks like he is waiting for food.
I keep forgetting to grab a picture of him. Will try to remember too.

[Epedemik]

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[Epedemik]

OK so the second week he ate once. 2 good sized butter worms. About 9 days later he ate 3 butter worms. I basically had to put them in his mouth when I got him to open up. Just tong feeding him in the comfort of his cage. Hopefully the tongs will allow me to avoid impaction.

He burrows and surfaces with regularity. Seems to have trouble getting out of his water bowl. I have seen him get out on his own but the other day he staying in all day. Before he only got in at night. So I helped him out.


Say hello too Limey.

[Bynny Ribbit]

Limey is really cute! His setup looks wonderful. His reluctance could be stress related, it can take them a bit to acclimate. Also keep in mind that every frog is different; some like to eat in their tank, others do better being fed in a different container. My friend's frog required insistent pestering (being poked in the mouth with his food via tongs) for him to eat at first.

[Epedemik]

Limey is really cute! His setup looks wonderful. His reluctance could be stress related, it can take them a bit to acclimate. Also keep in mind that every frog is different; some like to eat in their tank, others do better being fed in a different container. My friend's frog required insistent pestering (being poked in the mouth with his food via tongs) for him to eat at first.

That's the way I got him to eat the last feeding. I am going to stick to tong feeding in cage until he gets more regular. I might try to transition to feeding in a separate container when he gets older.
He will be more prone to swallowing bark or moss then anyways. Once he is eating regular it should be a bit easier to get him acclimated to the separate container. Maybe I will try in a few months.

I have gone to a butter worm diet atm. I am also going to get him on night crawlers probably during the next feeding. With him getting stressed in the separate container and not eating, I am having trouble feeding crickets. Leaving them in cage might be an option later on. But, impaction risk, Limey's terrible hunting skill, and loads of hiding and burrow areas for the crickets has turned me away from them. Also, they are a real pain to tong feed. They break apart easy and don't move much when you a good hold on them with the tongs.
So, I will make the night crawlers and butter worms his staple diet. With slight supplementation of calcium with D3, multi vit. and vit. A and caratanoid supp. Might not use as much calcium supplement because of the butter worms.

Here is an updated pic of his home. I reduced the amount of leaf cover so he as more surface area to pick a new burrow hole. He has been changing his burrow hole a bit lately. I assume he is thermo-regulating and/or maybe urinating there. I have only seen him poop in the water bowl.