PacMan Advice

[frogmike]

1. use wet coco fiber substrate.
2. if you want to have a little moss, its ok, as long as you remove it during feeding. or feed him in a separate tank
3. get the temp up to 80f, and he should eat.
4. put in 6 calcium covered crickets, and monitor him feeding for an hour or so. then remove the remaining crickets. 2x a day
5. enjoy your growing healthy pacman frog!

[Joe9252]

1. use wet coco fiber substrate.
2. if you want to have a little moss, its ok, as long as you remove it during feeding. or feed him in a separate tank
3. get the temp up to 80f, and he should eat.
4. put in 6 calcium covered crickets, and monitor him feeding for an hour or so. then remove the remaining crickets. 2x a day
5. enjoy your growing healthy pacman frog!

ok so while i was cleaning the tank and taking out the moss i soaked him in warm water and put a cricket in with him for about 20 min... he didnt eat the cricket but he did poop so that must be a good sign that there is no impaction I also purchased a heat lamp for him and put it towards one side. The bulb I got was a 50w red blub is this ok or is the red color that the blub is giving off going to stress out the frog? As soon as i put the light over the tank he went right over to that spot he norm just chills in the middle so i can only assume he like the light no? Right now temp on the cool side is 75 and the Humidity is 50 is that ok?

[demeteraurion]

Humidity should be at least 70, what type of lid is on your tank? If its screen, you can put aluminum foil or plastic wrap on it to help seal humidity in the tank. Glad to hear he went to the bathroom. There's a lot of different opinions on heating, I use a heat mat but I have an albino and they have very sensitive eyes. You could also try feeding him a nightcrawler, most frogs love them.

[GreenLeader49]

You've got to try and crank that humidity up in the 70 range.

With the red light, my frog has never been bothered by it, so as long as the temperature is above 75 you should be set with that.

Hopefully now that the temp is up and once the humidity goes up your little guy will finally find his appetite! Best of luck!!

[Joe9252]

OK well I just gave the tank a really good misting about 2 spay bottles worth and with and right now it is @ 70H the gauge is also located on the top corner of the "cool" side so under the lamp it is prob a little better... As of right now I have a screen lid on top of the tank with the heat lamb resting on top of it... is this ok or should I get a glass lid? and so far he has not eaten any of the crickets i put in (4) but he was moving around a lot especially while i was misting so im assuming that is good

[demeteraurion]

I'd move the gauges so they are close to the ground where the frog is because the temp/humidity will be different near the substrate. A screen lid is fine and so is a glass one, but if the humidity won't stay up there you should put some foil or plastic over most of it, except where the lamp is of course.

As for his size, I dont know really. I've had my frog a month and he hasn't grown at all and hardly eats. Guess we should work on plumping are little guys up!

[IvoryReptiles]

You are on the right track as far as the temps & humidity go. The advice given so far is excellent.

As for feeding & plumping them up......please try NightCrawlers. We purchase ours at Academy and make sure they are NOT the ones with the dye injections. You can also purchase them at Petsmart or Petco. I cut an appropriate sized piece off of one worm and dangle it in front of the frog. We used these as a staple food for our first 4 broods of metamorphed forglets and they did well on them. Make sure to offer dusted crickets 2 to 3 times a week as well. They should be offered food daily until they are about 3 inches in diameter and then offer food every 2 to 3 days. Pinkies should be a TREAT offered once every 1 to 2 months. They cannot process mammalian proteins as easily as they can fowl or invertebrates.

In my opinion, a 10 gallon is too big for such a small froglet. We keep ours in deli cups until the hit 3 inches or so and then move them into a small critter keeper. They are kept on damp paper towels in the deli cups & on bed-a-beast (coco fiber) once in a larger container. The water dish should be large enough for them to move around in a bit and shallow enough for them to crawl in & out.......water depth should be no higher than the frog's chin.......these are not swimmers!

Make sure ALL water used for the frog is de-chlorinated!!!!!!!!!

I hope my advice helps! Keep us posted!

[Joe9252]

1st off thank you guys for all your help. With the heat lamp the temp on the cool side is 70 i just placed the thermo on the warm side gonna check the temp in about 20 min now I just got back from work and it seems while i was gone he ate 1 cricket he def must like the heat lamp because he buried himself right underneath it so that's good. my only problem is when I got home the humidity was only 20% i did a quick 2 bottle misting and got it right up to 70% I also just put foil around the top to see if it helps ill do a final misting before I go to bed tonight. Im wondering if tom I should place him in his water bowl and feed him a night crawler or is it pointless because he has only eaten one cricket? Also you said it is best to cut the night crawler up or should i just place it in the tank in front of him? Lastly what is best to just put the food in the tank or do you dangle it if front of him with the tongs? also you said offer food daily... is putting 12 crickets in the tank once a week bad or should I put in 2 or 3 daily?