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I have had my pac man for about a year with no real problems. This morning when I woke up he was in his water bowl upside down floating. I flipped him over and he seemed to be fine. Then later on he was flipped over again. Is he dying? I have an appointment for the vet tomorrow but would like any help that anyone could give me. Thanks.

anyone notice how many posts there are on this forum about pac mans dying for no apparent reason ? i hope it gets better

The only thing I can think of that is causing your frog to flip into the water dish, is having the water dish too high for your frog to climb in. If your frog is trying to reach for the lip of the bowl (or waterdish) and gets to the top, looses his balance and plunges in the water, there might be a problem. Now, pacmans having a heavy body structure connot flip themselves over too well, especially if they are underwater. I don't mean for this post to sound bold, but I know what it feels like to loose a pacman. They are great creatures. I hope everything turns out well for you and your frog. Good luck!

I wish that was the case but he was also doing it when he wasnt near the dish.
Thanks for the help though

I had the same thing happen to my pac-man and it's not the dish because I know mine he could pretty much walk out of. He is sick. I couldn't get mine to a vet so I increased the temperature, removed all of his subtrate and placed him on one of those green tank mats. I ended up force feeding him (suggested by a vet my mother worked with) science diet dog food mixed with warm chlorine free water and vitamin with a seringe. He actually got better for about three months and started chasing his own food again but unfortunately that did not last long and the flipping over in the water dish started again. If you can bring him to a vet.

If you put them on anything for substrate when sick, it should be dampened paper towels. IMO, green tank mats are too abrasive. Paper towels are highly absorbent and easy to deal with. Just toss them out everyday and put in new ones.
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