My pacman is eating again yippee

[BG]

Hey guys just to let you know what happened the ac affected my ornate frog and he wasn't eating on his own so i had to force feed him cause like John said they just fade away in other words he was getting skinny where he was just head and no body so what i did is i injected liquid calcium and liquid vitamins in a fuzzy mouse and i opened his mouth anf put Micky's head in to the frog and it worked so i did that for two days and now i gave him nite crawlers from wally world and bingo he ate 5 large worms ,please let me know did i do the right thing or should iv would have done it differently

[Heatheranne]

I'm glad he's eating again for you. You must be doing something right.

[John]

Sounds like you did the right thing. Keep putting night crawlers into him and all should be well.

[demeteraurion]

Thats great news! I wish my frog would start eating again. He spat out a cricket I force fed him. Maybe he will finally start eating like your frog

[Sprout]

Great news! Hope he continues to improve

[BG]

I had to kick start his metabolism cause he got real skinny he would stop eating the dubias and started to spit them out so I had to act fast thanks for the support guys I would of lost it if I lost my little buddy

[GrifTheGreat]

I'm so glad to hear that! I wish Grif would eat on his own again. We still have to force feed him but he has started snapping at the crickets again, although he hasn't caught one yet. I hope your little guy continues to improve!

[BG]

I am very happy to hear about your frog! We have to be on top of our game . I am very happy to see the frogs are all fed good . Now they are sitting on full stomachs. I fed them fuzzies,and night cawlers . The sick one wouldn't touch the dubias,only the others did .

[GrifTheGreat]

I am very happy to hear about your frog! We have to be on top of our game . I am very happy to see the frogs are all fed good . Now they are sitting on full stomachs. I fed them fuzzies,and night cawlers . The sick one wouldn't touch the dubias,only the others did .

I'm glad too. Grif is a very picky eater too which makes it harder. He won't touch night crawlers or red worms or meal worms. Last night I force fed him a couple wax worms and he didn't spit them out. He won't eat from forcepts either. I have to let him catch his own food when he eats. I did have to use the forcepts with the wax worms though. They are kind of small. Supposedly they are very high in fat and since I'm trying to put weight on him I figured they would be a good buy. I also have some frozen new born pinkies. I'm going to try and force feed him one tonight. The first time didn't go so well cuz he kept spitting it out. Maybe since he has alil more energy and strength now he'll actually eat it.

[Arie]

That's great news! Glad to hear your little guy is on the mend and hope that he continues to get better! I've recently been learning just how much temperature affects them. I'm hoping Eugene will start eating on his own soon too now that his temperature is up. He has started snapping at crickets again, but it's still kind of weak.

[BG]

The same with my guy.The higher the temp the more it stimulates there apatite . My baby water turtles get so hungry cause i keep the water at 80 degrees. The bullfrog tads i was raising grew fast cause i kept the water at 80 degrees. That is the key to success. I was told at the pet stores that pacman are hardy and don't need a heat source.

[Arie]

I was told the same thing - they told me he would be fine at 68F and he only needed to eat crickets. I feel a bit bad for Eugene because I have been learning as I go with him. I found out about gut loading, dusting and varied diets early on, from reading up on pacman care on my own. I read somewhere else to keep him a bit warmer at 75 and I had been keeping him between 75 and 80, but I learned that I was still keeping him too cold. It wasn't until I came across this forum a few days ago when Eugene was in a really bad situation that I found out about the proper temperature to keep him at. I'm hoping he can pull through and if he does it will be because of the people and information on this forum.

[BG]

We 're all in the same boat! Thanks to this site we can all help each other.Forget about the pet store giants they are the worst.

[GrifTheGreat]

Yeah, I got Grif at Petsmart. They lable pacmans as an easy-level pet for beginner petowners, and their instructions are very vauge. They clearly don't know anything! They even had Grif labled as an albino pacman! (Which clearly he isn't.) I really don't think Grif would have survived if we hadn't found this forum. So glad that I did!

[BG]

Quick update on Munchy's condition. He has eaten 3 giant night crawlers on his own , just right after he was sun bathing out side for a little bit. I will post some more pics ,once i find my SD card for my cam. LOL

[Firebelly love]

It's great to hear he is in good hands!