Hi! I'm new! Need help with "smell"!!

[Akai Ika]

So I recently got a pacman frog a few months ago, and I love him(her?)! but my parents are saying that it stinks(like literally smells bad)! WTF! I literally put my face to my frogs tank and took a big ol' whiff and... JUST THE SMELL OF ECO EARTH! Not even that strong of an odor! NOT EVEN AN ODOR! lol, so anyways, how can I get rid of this "smell" besides opening the window? cause apparently that's hella not helping.

[Leefrogs]

welcome to the forum!!

Aaahh city people don't like the smell of dirt?!?!
Don't let them spray airfreshners in the room with the frog. Dangerous

[clownonfire]

So I recently got a pacman frog a few months ago, and I love him(her?)! but my parents are saying that it stinks(like literally smells bad)! Whites Tree Frog! I literally put my face to my frogs tank and took a big ol' whiff and... JUST THE SMELL OF ECO EARTH! Not even that strong of an odor! NOT EVEN AN ODOR! lol, so anyways, how can I get rid of this "smell" besides opening the window? cause apparently that's hella not helping.

My son always says after I build a new viv: It smells like nature! And it does. Earth will smell like earth. Of course, it will be less and less pungent with the weeks. I'm guessing too that by the higher humidity of a pacman frog, the smell is even stronger.

Cleaning your tank will help if it's not the fresh smell of nature we are talking about it. Choosing different substrates too, one in which your pacman can still burrow in, but has less of a smell than eco earth. You can cover your earth with coco husk, etc... And have good aeration in your room....

There's a smell to frogs as there are smells to dogs... Good luck with it,

Eric

[bshmerlie]

Just make sure your cleaning out any poop. They have really large poops and that smells bad.

[clownonfire]

Just make sure your cleaning out any poop. They have really large poops and that smells bad.

HAHA. You said poop.

[bshmerlie]

I was gonna say something else but there may be children present. And yeah there is something about pacman frogs they do smell more and its not earth Im smelling.

[Baelari]

My pacman doesn't smell yet, and I like the way eco earth smells . I like the way potting soil smells too, but I like plants. Crickets smell terrible to me, though. Maybe they're smelling the crickets?