Pacman Emergency :(

[artes]

20 minutes isn't a bad trip. I have to drive 40 minutes to an hour (depending on traffic) to my vet. -_- If the crickets are too big, you risk impacting him - get smaller crickets. Also, pacman frogs are supposed to be fat.

[demeteraurion]

20 minutes isn't a bad trip. I have to drive 40 minutes to an hour (depending on traffic) to my vet. -_- If the crickets are too big, you risk impacting him - get smaller crickets. Also, pacman frogs are supposed to be fat.

How can I know if the crickets are too big? Should he be able to eat them in one gulp? Some are larger than others so I'll stick to the small ones but they aren't any larger than his mouth.

[artes]

A good rule of thumb is that the crickets shouldn't be larger than the space between their eyes.

[pyxieBob]

Those crickets def are not too big, also its pretty hard for a Pac Man to get overfed on crickets. They basicly wont eat if they are over fed. Especially from Petco. Much less a Cranwellis like your frog is. They are much less voracious for food than most other Pac Man species. It is very rare to see an overy weight baby Pac Man. They are supposed to be very oval/circle shaped frogs that appear to be "fat". A good body type for a Pac Man is one where they almost dont have a definite looking head or skull. In otherwords it should almost blend in with their blob of a body. You should post some pics of him out of the dirt so we can see him, but theres no way hes over weight. Especially given the stressfull event hes gone through with the feeding issue.

[LilyPad]

You've gotten a lot of great advice! 20 mins to the vet isn't bad at all. My exotic vet is in the same town and it still takes about 15 mins to get to depending on traffic. Heck, I did a 2 hour round trip just to pick up my new froggies!

[demeteraurion]

Here are some pictures of Rupert today He didn't those crickets in there with him though... and I lost them T_T

[pyxieBob]

that is really nice netted apricot color!! woo hoo, and no he is 100% not over weight

[frogmike]

There is nothing wrong with your frog's tongue. It is sticky and gets covered in dirt when it s misses and they don't like that, but they will just swallow it. Your frog sounds very under fed. You shouldn't try to feed it one at a time. Cover like 8 to 10 in calcium dust and put them in the tank. Your frog will not chase one cricket until it gets it, because they are ambush preditors. They eat what crawls in front of them, so the more there are the more likely it is for one to cross its path. I would give it a small mouse once every month or so as well. That is where they get they're main protene and calleries from. But don't feed it to many mice per month.

[Baelari]

How big is he? Mine eats 4 to 7 large crickets in a sitting, and he's a little over 2 inches.