New PacMan

[Joe9252]

Ok ill leave 3 of them in there over night I just got the temp up to 85 humidity is near 75 and he is just chillin in his water bowl so all must be good so i turned off the light shouldi try to get the temp higher? Also when do they start croaking if they are males id like to know what sex I have and im assuming that is the only way to tell

[GrifTheGreat]

[ QUOTE=Joe9252;71030]Ok ill leave 3 of them in there over night I just got the temp up to 85 humidity is near 75 and he is just chillin in his water bowl so all must be good so i turned off the light shouldi try to get the temp higher? Also when do they start croaking if they are males id like to know what sex I have and im assuming that is the only way to tell[/QUOTE]



I'm not sure exactly how old they have to be to start calling. A lot of that has to do with conditions in their home and the individual frog. I've had my male C. Cranwelli for about 6 months and he has never called. He makes clicking and popping sounds when me and my fiance talk to him. He makes a cheeping noise sometimes but less often. 85 is. A good temp for a young pacman. Its actually an ideal temp in my opinion due to the tropical environment they come from. Grif became ill and I've been nursing him back to health. Occationally ill raise his temp to 87 or 88to try and regain a feeding responce since a lot of the time they stop eating when the get sick. He's coming back though. Humidity should be from 70 to 80. Alil higher probably be alil higher since in their natural habitat it gets pretty high. I wouldn't go higher than 85 for temp and maintaining a 75 percent humidity reading will do just fine. Sometimes they'll eat if you raise the humidity at night alittle by misting lightly.

[Joe9252]

ok well hes been in his water bowl all day so i guess thats good

[GrifTheGreat]

ok well hes been in his water bowl all day so i guess thats good

Yeah, some pacmans love and use their water dishes all the time and others don't use them at all. Grif hardly ever uses his. I think some of that has to do with how moist you keep their substrate too. I guess as long as its deep enough for them to completely bury themselves and its kept pretty damp then they don't need to use actual water to cool off or drink because the obsorb the water they need from the soil. Grif gets his water from the soil. Sometimes when he unburies himself he's huge because he soaked up a bunch of water from his soil.

[Joe9252]

Yeah, some pacmans love and use their water dishes all the time and others don't use them at all. Grif hardly ever uses his. I think some of that has to do with how moist you keep their substrate too. I guess as long as its deep enough for them to completely bury themselves and its kept pretty damp then they don't need to use actual water to cool off or drink because the obsorb the water they need from the soil. Grif gets his water from the soil. Sometimes when he unburies himself he's huge because he soaked up a bunch of water from his soil.

funny you say that because for the 1st time since I 1st put the substrate in jabba has buried himself real deep tonight maybe because the temp went down to 75 in the tank Im turning off the light though cuz i dont trust it at night i dont want to wake up to a cooked frog even though its just a 50w rather not take the chance... its it ok if the tank goes down to 73 or so tonight...i did notice that he has dug himself right to the side of the heat pad

[GrifTheGreat]

funny you say that because for the 1st time since I 1st put the substrate in jabba has buried himself real deep tonight maybe because the temp went down to 75 in the tank Im turning off the light though cuz i dont trust it at night i dont want to wake up to a cooked frog even though its just a 50w rather not take the chance... its it ok if the tank goes down to 73 or so tonight...i did notice that he has dug himself right to the side of the heat pad

73 isn't bad as long as he is over the heat pad. Make sure you have a tank liner in there under his substrate though. The glass will get hot and burn him unless its on the side of the tank in which case it won't matter as long as the UTH isn't low enough for him/her to lean on the glass and get burnt. You can buy a lamp that has a dial on it to adjust the brightness of the light and heat it produces. I use one of those and I use it at night with a infrared heat light. He/she should be fine though. You can also wrap plastic wrap around the lid of your tank to hold heat and humidity in. Just make sure to leave air holes to allow propper air circulation.

[Joe9252]

Figured id give you guys a update on my little guy.... still no idea if it is female or male havent heard any noises coming from it had him for about 3 weeks now and it seems he has grow in size what do you guys think... he pretty much only eats crickets about 1 a day and so far he has eaten only 1 pinkie he wouldnt eat one the 2nd time i tried feeding him... is he about the right size or should he be bigger... how can i get him bigger tired night crawlers when i 1st got him and he did eat them should i try those again or will it just be a waste?
heres a pic of him