Albino Pacman Frog Questions

[sobo]

Try some cut pieces of nightcrawler before you start force feeding. Do your best NOT to do everything right over his head.
Like any small animal, baby frogs know that if it casts a shadow over you, it's probably going to eat you!!
Be a Ninja Frog-Keeper...........do as much as you can, as sly as possible. Try not to cast a shadow over him while misting.cover 3 sides with dark paper or background and let the frog see you moving around in the room.......let him get used to you being out there. But like I said, when working in it's cage, try your best not to cast shadows.

Hope this helps!

Wel what im doing is leading the cricket to him with my hand, it walks by him than i pick it up and do it again. After about 3 times, i take it out and try again that night. I do it once in the afternoon and once at night. Im hoping one day he will eat one, than be good from there.
Is this a good idea? It will give him a chance to get used to me as well, since my hand will always be in there.

The shadow thing makes sense, because in his little cage everytime i put the lid on he would freak out. Thanks for that, i didnt know why he was freaking out XD.



Thanks for the advice! I will try the worms if this doesnt work, but how would you force feed a frog? How long can he go without eating? Hes still as small as in that picture, hes a little baby.

[GrifTheGreat]

Wel what im doing is leading the cricket to him with my hand, it walks by him than i pick it up and do it again. After about 3 times, i take it out and try again that night. I do it once in the afternoon and once at night. Im hoping one day he will eat one, than be good from there.
Is this a good idea? It will give him a chance to get used to me as well, since my hand will always be in there.

The shadow thing makes sense, because in his little cage everytime i put the lid on he would freak out. Thanks for that, i didnt know why he was freaking out XD.



Thanks for the advice! I will try the worms if this doesnt work, but how would you force feed a frog? How long can he go without eating? Hes still as small as in that picture, hes a little baby.

This may be your problem. You should place the food in and leave him be to do it on his own. He is stressed and not used to you or his new home yet and trying to run the food to him is scaring your frog. He doesn't understand that you are trying to help. Break the hind legs off the crickets ato make them easier to catch and drop them in and let him fend for himself. Babies need as much food as possible for proper growth so he should be fed every night. Babies can't go as long as adults can by no means.

Try what I said. Break the hind legs off and just drop them in and leave him be. Let him try on his own. Also make sure they are of proper size. No longer than the distance between your frogs eyes. Dust them before placing them in too.

Keep us posted.

[sobo]

This may be your problem. You should place the food in and leave him be to do it on his own. He is stressed and not used to you or his new home yet and trying to run the food to him is scaring your frog. He doesn't understand that you are trying to help. Break the hind legs off the crickets ato make them easier to catch and drop them in and let him fend for himself. Babies need as much food as possible for proper growth so he should be fed every night. Babies can't go as long as adults can by no means.

Try what I said. Break the hind legs off and just drop them in and leave him be. Let him try on his own. Also make sure they are of proper size. No longer than the distance between your frogs eyes. Dust them before placing them in too.

Keep us posted.

Thank you very much for this advice! As promised, keeping you all updated

This worked great! I put about 10 crickets in before i go to bed and take out the left over ones when i wake up So he is eating!
I dont see it for sure, but where else did the crickets go?

I use pinheads so thats the smallest you can get :P. The do fit between his eyes.

I got 2 electronic Exo Terra Temp. Gauges (one for him and one for tomato cool frog)
And i got 2 humidity ones. They work great but the temp gets as low as 72 and as high as 78. Never higher, never lower.
His humidity never passed 50!

So my question is, what is more important, correct humidity or correct temp for a pacman?
I cant get them both because my heat lamp drys out the humidity like crazy. My tomato frogs cage is at a constant 75-80 humid and he doesnt have a lamp, only a pad.
So i know that the only problem why pacmans humidity is low, because of his lamp. So i can either keep everything the same, or raise his humidity by taking out the lamp, but it will get colder.

What do you think the best idea is? Or have a good way to raise the temp. humid?
I dont think theres anything more i can do D:. But he is happy and eating . And doesnt get scared when i put my hand in there to mist anymore!!

Ill post up pics when get comes out of the ground. Hes been burrowed all day today and yesterday i think hes happy!

[GrifTheGreat]

Thank you very much for this advice! As promised, keeping you all updated

This worked great! I put about 10 crickets in before i go to bed and take out the left over ones when i wake up So he is eating!
I dont see it for sure, but where else did the crickets go?

I use pinheads so thats the smallest you can get :P. The do fit between his eyes.

I got 2 electronic Exo Terra Temp. Gauges (one for him and one for tomato cool frog)
And i got 2 humidity ones. They work great but the temp gets as low as 72 and as high as 78. Never higher, never lower.
His humidity never passed 50!

So my question is, what is more important, correct humidity or correct temp for a pacman?
I cant get them both because my heat lamp drys out the humidity like crazy. My tomato frogs cage is at a constant 75-80 humid and he doesnt have a lamp, only a pad.
So i know that the only problem why pacmans humidity is low, because of his lamp. So i can either keep everything the same, or raise his humidity by taking out the lamp, but it will get colder.

What do you think the best idea is? Or have a good way to raise the temp. humid?
I dont think theres anything more i can do D:. But he is happy and eating . And doesnt get scared when i put my hand in there to mist anymore!!

Ill post up pics when get comes out of the ground. Hes been burrowed all day today and yesterday i think hes happy!

You're welcome

To answer your question about where the crickets can go is simple. They either burrow into the substrate or hide under the water dish. So you always need to look thoroughly before assuming your frog is eating. Also you need to try and catch him in the act so you definetly know he is eating.

Both humidity and temp are equally as important. They need both for a healthy life. Misting a little more often will help with the humidity just don't watter log the substrate anymore. Pacmans are very sensitive to their tropical and subtropical environmental needs so they need to be maintained to the best of your ability.

I can't wait to see pics. Keep me posted.

[sobo]

You're welcome

To answer your question about where the crickets can go is simple. They either burrow into the substrate or hide under the water dish. So you always need to look thoroughly before assuming your frog is eating. Also you need to try and catch him in the act so you definetly know he is eating.

Both humidity and temp are equally as important. They need both for a healthy life. Misting a little more often will help with the humidity just don't watter log the substrate anymore. Pacmans are very sensitive to their tropical and subtropical environmental needs so they need to be maintained to the best of your ability.

I can't wait to see pics. Keep me posted.

No, i always move all the substrate around and look under everything. I make sure i dont leave any crickets in there, but it could be possible.
Im now about to keep a steady 75+ humidity, 80+ temp. on pacman frogs cage. Right now its 79/81. So i think i got that settled.
Thanks for all the helP! Ill take pics one of these days.
And i just put some crickets in my tomato frogs cage and he ate one! So i came on to tell everyone!