New PacMan

[Joe9252]

I was unable to go to the store to pick up some worms and won't be able till mon how bad is it if I. Go outside and get him a few worms and feed him that sorry for the stupid questiion but I really don't know lol

[demeteraurion]

Don't feed him anything from outside! Better safe than sorry. As long as he's eating well you don't have to feed him anything else yet. And if you don't have any crickets left or something he will be fine without food for a few days.

[Joe9252]

Don't feed him anything from outside! Better safe than sorry. As long as he's eating well you don't have to feed him anything else yet. And if you don't have any crickets left or something he will be fine without food for a few days.

well no luck finding anything outside anyways..... I remember seeing a bait vending machine by one of the local pet shops ill go check that out... it not i guess hll have to wait till monday

[Joe9252]

So no dice on the baby night crawlers tried feeding this morning and he took it and when i went back it to check up on him i guess he spit it out.... Tired again tonight an he wouldnt take I left 2 crickets in this morning and I noticed only 1 is left so im gonna assume he ate the other one so all he has eaten in 2 days is 1 large cricket it seems everyone talks about what amazing eaters these are but so far both of my pacmans didnt live up to that is there something im doing wrong here temp is around 78 in the humidity is near 65% im a little less scared with him one because he is much more active then my last (jumped around a lot when i opened up the tank last night) so idk i just dont want this one to die

[Joe9252]

so I went to the store today and the guy told me to try giving him a pinkie.... within seconds he went after it. After about 2 mins it seemed like he had about 2/3rds of it in his mouth and then he just spit him back up and now he is just hovering over it?? Why is he doing that I dont understand? Should i leave it in there in case he decides to try again?

[Poly]

I'm no expert, actually I don't even have a pacman, but my best guess would be that it was too large for the frog, and/or the frog is too small to handle pinkies yet.

[Joe9252]

Yea that could be it... I'm gonna take the pinkie outta the tank and in a few hours go get hime a newboarn pinkie much smaller and give it a try... only cuz this is the 1st time I have seen him that attracted to any food that fast he norm never goes after anything i put in the tank so I have to assume getting him a smaller one would be a good idea

[demeteraurion]

From the pic you showed the frog looked about the size of a quarter, I wouldn't try to feed him a pinkie yet. If you raise the temps he will probably have more of an appetite.

[Joe9252]

From the pic you showed the frog looked about the size of a quarter, I wouldn't try to feed him a pinkie yet. If you raise the temps he will probably have more of an appetite.

here is a more clear pic he is about the size of a half dollar right now..... still think he is too small for a newborn pinkie? im a little worried about turning up the heat in the tank as that is what I think cause my last one to die right now its 75 in there and he spends a good amount of time in his water bowl... if i do raise the temp what should i raise it to.... right now I have a 50w daytime light above the tank but it is off

[demeteraurion]

Recommended day temps are 80-85 but some owners go to 88 Fahrenheit. He is a tropical animal and needs tropical temps. If he is at least 2 inches he should be big enough for a small pinkie.

[Joe9252]

Recommended day temps are 80-85 but some owners go to 88 Fahrenheit. He is a tropical animal and needs tropical temps. If he is at least 2 inches he should be big enough for a small pinkie.

ok well i just turned the light on it about 4 inches from the top of the tank ill keep it on for the next hr and see if it changes the temp in the tank

[Joe9252]

oh well no luck with the newborn pinkie he wouldnt even take a bite at it i really dont know why.... any more ideas for feeding him.... should I just throw 2 crickets in the tank and leave them in there until he eats them? or maybe try feeding him baby pinkie again later tonight? He has been very active all day I took him out of his tank and put him into a watering bowl to add some more substrate and he was jumping all around and got out and was enjoying himself chilling and moving all along my kitchen counter lol

[GrifTheGreat]

oh well no luck with the newborn pinkie he wouldnt even take a bite at it i really dont know why.... any more ideas for feeding him.... should I just throw 2 crickets in the tank and leave them in there until he eats them? or maybe try feeding him baby pinkie again later tonight? He has been very active all day I took him out of his tank and put him into a watering bowl to add some more substrate and he was jumping all around and got out and was enjoying himself chilling and moving all along my kitchen counter lol

You can leave the crickets in wiyh him over night. He may decide to eat them in private. I wouldn't feed him a pinkie until he is a bit larger. He may choke on it. You should be careful letting him/her hop around on your counter he may decide to jump off the edge and the hight of that far would probably kill him or seriously injure him. Don't get me wrong. I enjoy watching Grif hop all over the place. Especially when he walks rather than hops. Once he gets settled and the temp and humidity is right he will probably gladly eat. Size of crickets can also determine this.if they're too large or to small some pacmans won't bother with them. The food should not be bigger than half the size of your frog.

[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