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I have seen a lot of discussion here, on the appropriate way of feeding pacmans. I am no expert on pacmans, but I have owned mine for over a month, and mine is growing steadily, and now he is about an inch long. I usually judge, by how fat they are at the current time, due to the food that is in them. I have heard that it takes a while for a pacman to digest his food. So, if he is not too big on the day, then I will feed him. I will do this, until I feel that he has too much to eat, and I will wait till I see his poo, so I know that he has digested the food and he slims up quite a bit, from losing the feces. Then I will continue this cycle. My frog seems healthy and is doing good. I feed mine a mixture of crickets and goldfish. I try to calcium dust a meal around once a week, and I try to vitamin dust a meal around once a week, but in separate meals. I also have the crickets gut-loaded when I feed them. I hope this helps, and let me know what you think please.

It works...just watch for long term effects. Long term appearances are the best indicators. If the frog looks fat, cut back. If it looks skinny, feed more. That really is the only guide there is. There is not a set guide...I have different frogs that metabolize their food at different rates. So yes, your guide does work...just make sure it is still working in a month or two. Andy
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Andy Maddox
Houston Herp Key
The Reptizone

Who are you who can say it's ok to live through me? Alice In Chains

What you're doing is fine...just as long as the fish is occasional treat. There has never been a study done on how much you should coat the inverts with vitamin and calcium supplement and how often you should do it. So, to be on the safe side, I would only use it sparingly. To little undersupplement your animals is better than overdosing on vitamins...any vet would tell you that it's much easier to fix any problem than problem diriving from over supplementing. I normally get a pinch of multivitamin and calcium and put it in a container; then, put the crickets in the container, close the lid, and swirl them around gently until they are coated lightly.

In addition...I would try to feed your pac-man a variety of invertabrate. You can catch non-toxic insects from outside your house and feed them to your frog. Make sure it is from pesticide free area and keep the insects in the jar for at least 24 hrs to see if it is dying from pesticide...if it is dying, then they probably act weird, out of the usual. This way your frogs will get different vitamins and mineral from the wild caught. My firebellied toads love moths. I usually tear of the wings for them to easily catch them. And those flower flies are also their favorite. Once I fed daddy long legs from around the house. Stay away from fire flies...they are toxic. Just make sure you look up any insects that you feed to be sure it isn't harmful.