Pacman frog not eating??

[John]

That substrate looks too dry to me.

[gtr319]

That substrate looks too dry to me.

i spray it twice a day... the humidity gauge reads 85 as i was taking this photo.... so, should I just buy 5 - 10 small crickets, dump them all in and leave them be or should I just call it a week and worry about it next week? Even though I said I would call it a week, I still don't want anything to happen to him, hes my first frog and I want this to be a positive experience?

[braaandooon]

i wouldnt return your earthworms, as long as you keep the soil moist and refrigerate them they will last for months, im pretty sure your pacman will be feeding by then, and i'm sure when he does he would like to have a nice worm to chew on, looks like your pacman is about the size of mine when i bought him that one glorious day at petsmart, i hate chain stores by the way, so you may want to cut the worm in half if its of the larger variety, yes earth worms tend to burrow fast, but my frog has usually made up its mind if it wants it before i even put it in the enclosure, if my worm isnt snatched up within about a minute, i pull the worm and put back into the refrigerator and then try again in a day or two, and john may be right about your substrate, looks pretty dry, hygrometers are recommended, but it only gauges air humidity and doesnt necessarily gauge your how damp your substrate is, if my substrate doesnt look wet i mist, which in my enclosures are every 3 days, but i also keep organic peat under my substrate which helps the cause of retaining substrate moisture, but i also keep live plants in my enclosures which also raise o2 levels and feeds off your frogs waist which in return keeps your tank a little cleaner, but doesnt mean to skimp on maintenance as there is really nothing to rid your tank of frog urine, but there are lots of other enviormental factors that play into how moist your substrate stays, but a good top will make all the difference in keeping your substrate moist, if you are using a screen top you will probaly need to mist at leat twice a day, im using a glass top with the plastic strip on the back and it has holes drilled in it on my suriname tank, my temp is 84 in tthat tank right now and humidity now up to 90 percent, half the glass on that tank is fogged over, on my cranwelli tank i use the same glass top but removed the back plastic panel and am now using wired screen, this tank is in the same room and the added ventilation drops the ambient air temp to 81 and humidity at 85 percent and none of the glass is fogged over, you may want to experiment a little bit to find the right combo

[gtr319]

@ braaandooon: I will take some pic of my tank and upload here tonite, in the mean time I'll just call it a week of trying to feed him... I called the store and they told me the exact same thing, so I guess it'll be alright...

[braaandooon]

thats cool, i know how you feel, you get this new cool frog and you want everything to just work out and hope you have a healthy frog, im going through it myself right now just got my amazon horned frog yesterday and i too am hoping the best, id really like to go and observe my frog and spend time showing her off to my friends and my children, but i also know what is in the best interest of my frog, and dont want to cause anymore due stress, but atleast i have pics to look at, and will be giving my frog a peak before bed and when i wake up in the mornings to make sure she is doing well, my plan for now is to offer earthworms every other morning, and if worst comes to worst and my frog doesnt take to feeding ill head to the local pet store to buy one of the many cheap aquatic frogs they have as wild suriname frogs prefer other frogs, i would advise to offer your frog a small dwarf aquatic frog, but this may lead to your frog becoming picky before getting it started on a good staple food like worms, crickets, roaches etc

[braaandooon]

my enclosures sit in front of windows and get natural lighting, i was using fluorescent lighting (18 ich t8 6700k ) but my plants and moss burned from using it, i did away with the lighting and really only use it for some night viewing, not saying dont use lighting just research your plants before you put them into your enclosure, make sure they safe and make sure you can meet there lighting requirements, both my plants i use(scotish moss and spiderplant) are from temperate climates and prefer shaded light and mine do alot better better by the window, some people may use palms or bromeliad type tropical plants that require full sun light and uv lighting would definatly be required, either way in using any plant wash them thoroughly(i rinse mine periodically over a course of two days) because like deku said pesticides are bad, and if keeping enclosures by a window, make sure your window is properly sealed during winter months because a drafty window in my neck of the woods can easily reduce terrarium temps and humidity

[gtr319]

Hey guys!! I did a little modding to my tank by removing the moss while hes burrowed deep under, and I purchased 10 small crickets from petsmart and dumped them all in (in case Pacatron changed his mind in regards to eating...) and loox like i have no way to know how wet the substrate and how warm the substrate really is w/o the one u insert in the substrate ( +2 items from my gf to buy), as of now he is burrowing, the earthworm scared him a bit (he eats crickets at the pet store where I got him from), I hope i can find the crickets disappear sooner than I expected... here are a few shots of my tank now (without the moss of course), and how should I keep the crickets alive longer in the tank?

[Deku]

Here is my own personal method for checking for species who love moisture. If you put your palm on the soil and take it back up and it feels moist that should be good. If its sopping wet it might be too much. If its dripping a bit then thats okay.

[gtr319]

I finally dropped in 10 small crickets last nite... and when i check this morning, one of them is missing.... but I still cannot confirm whether Pacatron ate it or it disappeared... neways, the tiny crickets aren't the correct size because... they are tiny, I will swing by another location and get the medium ones.... I really hope Pacatron would eat at least 1 or two... and roughly how long will the crickets survive in the tank... given that they are not food by then? And what should I do to keep them longer?

[John911]

I finally dropped in 10 small crickets last nite... and when i check this morning, one of them is missing.... but I still cannot confirm whether Pacatron ate it or it disappeared... neways, the tiny crickets aren't the correct size because... they are tiny, I will swing by another location and get the medium ones.... I really hope Pacatron would eat at least 1 or two... and roughly how long will the crickets survive in the tank... given that they are not food by then? And what should I do to keep them longer?

I keep mine in a plastic cricket keeper with the tubes the crickets crawl inside. And if you give them some food and that water gel stuff they should live their lifespan of several weeks i guess.
I only give mine 2 or 3 crickets every night. Hes about the size of a silver dollar, so i hope thats enough food. He has grown. I'm always hesitant to leave crickets in the tank with our frogs/lizard because they can bite. I dont know how often that happens though.