My Pakku is acting strange :(

[S13]

Yeah I got a zoo med one for the 10-20 gallon. It got warm within minutes. I placed my hand near it before going to work to make sure it was going and it was. Came home last night and it was cold, I left it plugged in all last night to see if it was just being weird and it was still cold. Taking it back.

[GrifTheGreat]

Yeah I got a zoo med one for the 10-20 gallon. It got warm within minutes. I placed my hand near it before going to work to make sure it was going and it was. Came home last night and it was cold, I left it plugged in all last night to see if it was just being weird and it was still cold. Taking it back.

Yep that sounds like it malfunctioned. Must have been a bad one.

[ViperJr]

Yeah I got a zoo med one for the 10-20 gallon. It got warm within minutes. I placed my hand near it before going to work to make sure it was going and it was. Came home last night and it was cold, I left it plugged in all last night to see if it was just being weird and it was still cold. Taking it back.

Well, can't argue with that. Just thought it was worth mentioning that they sometime takes a while before doing their business.

[S13]

Ok heat pad was exchanged. New one is on there, infared bulb is going at the moment dimmed down a bit, and I now have the day bulb. Earlier I tried the feeding tank method for Pakku again and he went berserk started peeing and flopping around in there. I have already read thats signs of severe stress so I took him out of there immediately, threw away the crickets that were in there. I dusted about 4 more and threw them in his tank where he's covered up for the night, poor thing :\ When I did put them in I saw him lunge at one but missed so here's hoping to see 0 crickets in the tank tomorrow morning...

[GrifTheGreat]

Ok heat pad was exchanged. New one is on there, infared bulb is going at the moment dimmed down a bit, and I now have the day bulb. Earlier I tried the feeding tank method for Pakku again and he went berserk started peeing and flopping around in there. I have already read thats signs of severe stress so I took him out of there immediately, threw away the crickets that were in there. I dusted about 4 more and threw them in his tank where he's covered up for the night, poor thing :\ When I did put them in I saw him lunge at one but missed so here's hoping to see 0 crickets in the tank tomorrow morning...

Be patient and keep stress as low as possible. He will come around.

[S13]

Thanks, I removed the half log because all it was doing was creating a safe haven for pinheads chilling on top of it while he was inside of it not having a chance to hunt them. So now its substrate, fake plant directly under the path of the light water dish on the opposite side of the heat mat. I'm keeping him covered at night. Nothing to bother them during the day as I am at work from 2-10pm (unless the cats are tormenting them ) Anyway I'm kind of tempted to get some nightcrawlers and dangle one in his face tonight to see what happens.

[GrifTheGreat]

Thanks, I removed the half log because all it was doing was creating a safe haven for pinheads chilling on top of it while he was inside of it not having a chance to hunt them. So now its substrate, fake plant directly under the path of the light water dish on the opposite side of the heat mat. I'm keeping him covered at night. Nothing to bother them during the day as I am at work from 2-10pm (unless the cats are tormenting them ) Anyway I'm kind of tempted to get some nightcrawlers and dangle one in his face tonight to see what happens.

I highly recomend night crawlers as a staple food source. Since he is sort of small just cut 1 inch pieces of night crawler or a little bigger, but not much and offer them to him. Red wigglers are also good. Dust and offer them up.

[S13]

Hmmm okay gonna have to research where I can get this stuff in town. Are the nightcrawlers from Walmart fishing area suitable?