Quote Originally Posted by CJ PELCHER View Post
Mike,

Actually for all animals there are alot of UNKOWNS. All we can do is rely on science and do our best to similate the environment they are naturally found in. This is actually why Im eager to learn why calcium intake is needed more in horned frogs verses other exotic frogs in the trade. Either way I only owned one pacman frog when I was a child and I never even gave it suppliments back then. Never had any experience frog keeping back in the 80's and early 90's. Lived for about 2 years without suppliments with just a cricket and mealworm diet. I never cared or even thought about an early death. I just thought it was his/her time. When I learned about supplimenting in the early 2000's I noticed extended life and it does play a significant roll on the general health of the frogs. I wish you luck feeding your little one. Wish I could help you out but the only pac I owned when I was young never had a problem stuffing his face. =/
Corey- it is pretty simple, none of the frogs has similar growth rate as a horned frogs and african bullfrogs, they double, triple, etc their size/weight in a matter of weeks to the point that one day you have tiny 1" baby, 3 weeks later the baby is over 2" and in 1-2 month the baby is not a baby anymore and you can"t comprehend when did that happened. In order to grow this fast they need insane amounts of nutrition and supplementation, including Ca, however it all has to be balanced, thus dusting every other day and always gut loaded crickets( dubia) or worms, etc. I always gut load crickets for 1-2 days before feeding off.

and i agree with Carole too, with frogs as with exotics in general there is so so much unknown, no matter how much you know, no matter how experienced you are, you are still constantly learning something new. Talking of which, Grif, I'm looking forward to read that article too.

Lovenokia - don"t panic as i said before do not dust crickets yet, offer them plain and simple, same size as he used to eat before tonight again, and the next night, these little buggers sometimes just love to test our patience, I'm sure he"ll come around.