How much to feed pacmans?

[jasonm96]

There's a book I'd high recommend you get, it's a really good read and help you raise a nice big healthy frog. I've bought many other books and I can say they're all either out of date or just rubbish all together.

Check it out
http://www.amazon.com/Horned-Frogs-B.../dp/1882770889

[LauraS]

There's a book I'd high recommend you get, it's a really good read and help you raise a nice big healthy frog. I've bought many other books and I can say they're all either out of date or just rubbish all together.

Check it out
http://www.amazon.com/Horned-Frogs-B.../dp/1882770889

I'll pick up a copy. Thanks!

[monster]

Ya when he poops you should be able to find it, there not small and they stink. When my adult female goes I can smell it as soon as I go downstairs. And its funny because this is only time she tries to get out of her enclosure, she cant even stand the smell of herself. L.O.L Also if you notice he has moved from his old burrowing site to a new one sometimes this is an indicator he has pooped in that hole.

[LauraS]

Still no eating and still no pooping. In addition to cricket and dubia roaches I have tried wax worms to no avail. At what point should I worry about not eating? I've been leaving a cricket in with him every night and taking it out in the morning. Could my crickets be too small? Would a larger cricket entice him to eat?

I have been fluctuating his night and day time temperatures between 82 and 75. His humidity holds pretty steady between 80%-90%. I also put in some greenery so he has more of a hidden feeling.

Any tips would be appreciated! Thank you.

[monster]

Hi laura, sorry to hear still no luck. The humidity you want to try and keep around the 75 to 80% mark, anything over 80% for long periods of time can give him respiratory problems. Did you try the honey bath yet? And when you are feeding him are you doing it in a somewhat dark room or do you turn on light? If your turning a light on he might not like it, I got one that will and one that wont eat if I have turn the light on. Im going to post some questions and if you could answer them it would really help determine whats going with your little guy.

1. Size of enclosure
2. # of inhabitants - specifically other frogs and size differences
3. Humidity
4. Temperature
5. Water - type - for both misting and soaking dish
6. Materials used for substrate
7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial), wood, bark and other materials.
- How were things prepared prior to being put into the viv.
8. Main food source
9. Vitamins and calcium? (how often)
10. Lighting
11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure
12. When is the last time he/she ate
13. Have you found poop lately
14. A pic would be helpful including frog and enclosure (any including cell phone pic is fine)
15. Describe frog's symptoms and/or recent physical changes; to include it's ventral/belly area.
16. How old is the frog
17. How long have you owned him/her
18. Is the frog wild caught or captive bred
19. Frog food- how often and if it is diverse, what other feeders are used as treats
20. How often the frog is handled
21. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic area
22. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc)

[jasonm96]

are you providing any lighting? I give all my animals full spectrum lighting for a proper day and night cycle, keeps them happy and feeding. I use a plug timer keep it on for no longer than 12 hours per day. Irregular day and night cycles will stop animals from eating so at night if you have any lights on in your room unless dim they can cause problems. Remember if you're using a heat mat to put it on the side not bottom and connect it to a thermostat, the temperature of a heat mat can only be monitored by a digital thermometer, not gauge. Try putting temps up to 84 during the day and as said humidity should not go over 80% so cut down on misting.

The 13W light in a light dome is enough
http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/natural_light.php

[monster]

Jason has a very good point about the light, the room you keep him in is there a window? You want to have 12hr day and light cycle and keep it steady. The rrom I keep my frogs in I cover the window at night with a piece of thick black paper, its not very big window. This way they always get the same amount of light and dark no matter the season, I do 9am to 9 pm. I noticed last year around this time a lot of people were having the same problems and there main source of light was from the window, even though the temps remain the same I believe they can still sense things are changing from loss of daylight hours and change in the barometric pressure. I have a led light over my ornate during the day now but didn't at first and my albino has nothing but the room light and having a steady 12 hour light cycle I don't have any problems with eating and stuff. If the light in the room isn't bright enough to light up a lot of terrarium I would suggest to maybe get some extra lighting as Jason suggested.