My pacman is eating again yippee

[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!