Young Pacman frog not eating

[mysterythought]

Thank you for all the suggestions! I ended up moving him to a smaller, simpler enclosure with only an inch of coco coir, a water dish, and heater. I left him alone yesterday and added crickets tonight. He immediately reacted to the crickets and has eaten one so far! I'm so relieved that he's finally gotten some food in him and I'm hopeful that he'll continue to improve.

[mysterythought]

Sadly it seems I am back to square one with my frog. He has refused to eat ever since he ate one cricket 5 days ago. Now when I add crickets he doesn't react at all, although I make sure he can see them. I wrapped the tub in black fabric the other night to reduce visibility, but he remains the same. He doesn't seem restless or stressed in that he typically remains half buried in the substrate and doesn't do a lot of moving around unless disturbed, he just refuses to eat. I'm planning to contact my local vet to find out if they have anyone skilled in working with frogs.

I'm starting to think that I must have made some unknown mistake along the way in my care of this poor frog. It's incredibly disheartening for a pet that once had such a strong appetite slowly become thinner and stop growing from refusing food, and knowing that the cause was likely something entirely preventable. I can only hope that this will just be a tough period of his youth and that he'll end up recovering and living a long and healthy life.

[Hill111]

Where did you get the frog from? I have had bad experiences buying Pacman frogs from pet stores like Petco and Petsmart who were sickly and wouldn't eat. You could also try a honey or pedialyte bath, sometimes these can help the frog to shed or pass something if it's impacted. They seem to really enjoy it and may perk up afterwards and eat something.

[mysterythought]

Where did you get the frog from?

I did get him from Petco, although I had him special ordered to the store. He was only in an enclosure there for a few hours before I picked him up. He was doing very well the first 3 or so weeks after I got him, which leads me to believe that whatever caused his decline in appetite occurred during my ownership of him.

Is this still your current humidity?

Currently his humidity is hovering right around 80%. I'll try to keep it around there.

I was able to pick up some Pedialyte today and I plan to give him a soak tonight. Would you say I should add honey to the bath as well, or just a plain 10:1 water/Pedialyte bath and maybe do a honey bath another night?

[mysterythought]

Hi folks! I figured I should update on the situation with my young frog. He began eating again the day after my last post on the thread and has been eating regularly ever since! I think it may have been a combination of not leaving the crickets in long enough and temperatures that were too low. My frog began burrowing closer to the heat pad the night of my last post and showed hunting behavior when I left the crickets in longer than usual. He burrows there every day now that he knows where the warmth is. He has a very healthy appetite now; he reacted immediately when I added dusted crickets into his enclosure last night and eats at least one large cricket every night or every other night.

Now that he's eating regularly and putting on some weight and growth my next goal is to diversify his diet. I ordered some European nightcrawlers (Eisenia hortensis, different from red wigglers/Eisenia fetida) a while ago and have been culturing them. Thank you to everyone who offered me advice! It was incredibly helpful.

I also figured I'd include some before and after pictures. The first picture is from May 8th when I believe he was at his thinnest, and the second picture is from today (May 29th).

[Bynny Ribbit]

That's great! He's looking so much better! It's such a relief when these little guys pull through.