Impacted?

[Bruce]

Ok, so since my baby pacman has eaten 3 superworms, 1 pinkie, 6 red wigglers, and a few dubia nymphs over the past 2 1/2 weeks, i havent seen him poop, however his feeding response seems to still be normal. So, if my little guy is impacted, what kind of home remedies can I use to stimulate him to go? Like i said, he hasn't gone in his water dish, and upon substrate searches i came up empty handed, but maybe there is a chance I'm just not seeing it?

[pyxieBob]

pick him up, and gently touch his belly to see if you can feel and hard lumps. Or what I do if they havnt gone is put warm water in small tupperware and put him in there and he will most likely go poop in a few minutes.

[desiredaffect]

pick him up, and gently touch his belly to see if you can feel and hard lumps. Or what I do if they havnt gone is put warm water in small tupperware and put him in there and he will most likely go poop in a few minutes.

i second that leave him for about a half a hour, you will be surprised how big wot come out some times

thats a small one but it makes me cringe

[MeTree]

There has been some very good advice so far. I was worried about the same thing afew weeks ago. Malcolm is on cocofiber. When I cleaned his tank out reciently, I found some turds I didn't see. Often they are big enough to see, so I guess the smaller means he is doing all that much better.

Maybe if you get a glove and carefully skin through your Pacman Frog's substrate, you may find evidence that he is not impacted. As pyxieBob mentioned earlier, checking for a lump near the middle of their belly is also a good way to find out if your Pacman Frog is impacted.

Hope your Pacman Frog is not impacted!

[Bruce]

Well I dont notice anything out of the ordinary in concern with lumps, and the warm water bath resulted in nothing but a slightly annoyed pacman...

I'll give the substrate a check now, see what i can come up with...

[desiredaffect]

Well I dont notice anything out of the ordinary in concern with lumps, and the warm water bath resulted in nothing but a slightly annoyed pacman...

I'll give the substrate a check now, see what i can come up with...

just keep trying every evening with the baths, mine finally went yesterday after a few days of baths, so i left the turd to dry out so i could check it to see what in his diet may have been blocking him up and as i suspected it was just a lot of substrate but i also found these. could they be a parasite?? there rather large you can see them with out the magnifying glass.

[Bruce]

That almost seems like a larva or worm of some sort... I havent seen ne thing like that in my substrate ne way...
No hidden poop either for that matter

[Bruce]

Alright, day 3 of warm baths and still nothing, and he seems to be looking a bit swollen around his mid section.

i read somewhere online that a very small amount of medemucial (spelling) or other stimulate in the water or dusted on their food can help them go, but that just seems a bit weird to me and I dont wanna risk it without some feedback.

Any thoughts?