what cage size works best. hopefully a 10 gallon because thats all the space i have.
a ten gallon is more then enough for a pacman. I have a divider in a 10 gallon where i house 2 of mine
I'll teach you a good rule of thumb. A fatfrog(pacman budgett's or pyxie) should be housed an a container that is 6-8 times the size of a square that is the size of the frog at rest.
It's really not that small at all. My pacman only stays on the one side of the tank anyway where the dish is at. I just got a baby today so I notched the top of it and put a piece of plexiglas down the middle and it works great. I have pics of it I can post somewhere on here
Kevin, I think that's a reasonable rule of thumb. I personally think the "10 gallon" rule is not always appropriate (every care sheet on horned frogs says that you need a 10 gallon tank at minimum for a single adult horned frog) - your typical 3 inch male cranwell's is actually kind of lost in a 10 gallon tank. A cautionary note, however - the bigger the tank, the more leeway you have in terms of cleaning. If you keep a horned frog in a tank that is only 6 to 8 times the frogs "area", you must stay on top of cleaning or you really run the risk of bacterial ("red-leg") issues. Avoiding over-feeding your [adult] frog helps a lot (less in, less out).
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