Pacman frog not eating??

[goreptiles]

The frog may be adjusting to new environment.

Crickets are great, as are earthworms. Mine lives worms the best but will eat crickets if offered.

[braaandooon]

ive never been able to get my pacman to eat any of the canned or jarred foods, he eats live crickets though, but definatly prefers worms, specifically red wigglers as those toss about more than earthworms, i know your frog is still new and is probably just adjusting like everyone else has said, my frog seems to eat strictly in the mornings, i always wake up to find him roaming his terrarium on the days he is hungry, if hes still in his usual burrow i dont even bother to feed, a good tip for people that may feel they have frog with a bacterial or fungal infection is to feed your frog "red wrigglers" not the more common red wigglers, red wrigglers are a good common cure for those type infections in most fish and amphibians, ive used these to cure gram negative and gram positive bacterial infections in fish, ive kept odd and exotic catfish for the better part of 20 years now, and have used these to cure bacterial infections in marbled salamanders also, never tried with frogs as i have never had a sick frog as i am new amphibian keeping,and still have lots to learn, theres a write up somewhere online on this as florida game and wildlife has done the bulk of research, but i guess i should save this for another thread, anyways good luck and im sure your frog will eat soon enough

[John911]

how do you guys feed them nightcrawlers and whatnot? do you just drop them into the substrate or use tongs?

[braaandooon]

my pacman didnt start eating from tongs until he had been in my home for a few months, i usually just toss the worm in front of him and he will grab it up sometimes within seconds, i think mine prefers the wigglers more because they move around alot more and dont burrow as fast, earthworms are alot more sizable and seem to automatically want to burrow, only thing with red wigglers is they dont get real big and would need an abundance of them with a large frog and they generally are more expensive, if this makes you feel any better, my pacman didnt eat for almost 10 days when i first brought him home, but i also have three kids and a cat that constantly harassed my terrarium, my frog settled right in after i moved him to my room where there isnt the constant attention from everyone in the house, knowing you have a new frog you may want to move him to a part of your house with low traffic and let him be for a few days

[gtr319]

Thx guys... til today he is still sitting in his burrow and not moving... should I get the wall paper for him? I currently house him in the fish tank where all 4 sides are exposed... can this be why hes scared? And if so, should I swing by Petco and get the red wigglers or wait a couple more days?

@ braaandooon: will pacman frog roam around the tank if hes hungry?

Even my gf told me not to stress (I had a pair of the red ear slider where it took them a week before they eat), but since none of my friends has an exotic pet like this, I am more stress than before...