New Pacman care-taker

[alane]

how can you tell your pacman frog is happy? a happy pacman frog is a blobby contented frog burrowed into a moist hole for days on end not moving, just staring and absorbing water.

mine got up the other day. the media is getting old and has dried out somewhat. he doesn't like that. when they don't like it, they go on the move.

now he has fresh, particularly moist media. instant happiness. i can see my frog is ready to sit contentedly for, oh, maybe half a week.

i feed mine crickets, worms and pellets. Unfortunately, for the pellets, there's only one way I can get him to eat them. Rubbing his lip is not enough. I have to physically grab my poor frog in one hand. Only then, when there is no hope of escape, will he open his mouth to eat a pellet. I can spend half an hour rubbing a lip and it doesn't work. But if I grab him and rub his lip, he eats it momentarily.

It's fully just how hard they clamp down when they do bite. I've never been bitten, but once the frog clamps down on the pellet, the pellet is now a "frog handle".

I prefer to feed him live food, but live food is not always convenient.

Yes, 83F seems to be the ideal temperature for these critters.

[JawsofaFrog]

how can you tell your pacman frog is happy? a happy pacman frog is a blobby contented frog burrowed into a moist hole for days on end not moving, just staring and absorbing water.mine got up the other day. the media is getting old and has dried out somewhat. he doesn't like that. when they don't like it, they go on the move.now he has fresh, particularly moist media. instant happiness. i can see my frog is ready to sit contentedly for, oh, maybe half a week.i feed mine crickets, worms and pellets. Unfortunately, for the pellets, there's only one way I can get him to eat them. Rubbing his lip is not enough. I have to physically grab my poor frog in one hand. Only then, when there is no hope of escape, will he open his mouth to eat a pellet. I can spend half an hour rubbing a lip and it doesn't work. But if I grab him and rub his lip, he eats it momentarily.It's fully just how hard they clamp down when they do bite. I've never been bitten, but once the frog clamps down on the pellet, the pellet is now a "frog handle".I prefer to feed him live food, but live food is not always convenient.Yes, 83F seems to be the ideal temperature for these critters.

Honestly you should not have to force feed your frog. The feeding of the pellet is nothing you should force feed. I would just stick to what your frog likes to eat. I have one very shy eating Brazilian captive bred baby pacman and she/he only eats wax worms and crickets. I rub the earthworms on the lower jaw, but I don't force feed my frog. Holding your frog to eat a pellet causes a lot of stress.. Keep letting your frog what it prefers to eat.