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this is my first frog, and everyone has told me that sometimes they won't eat for the first week that you have had them. so i waited and now that week is up and each day i have offered him crickets with tongs. i dont know if i am stressing him or if im offering him the wrong food,or in the wrong way, or if he's sick. i am very concerned and any help would be more that greatly appreciated. again thank you

Mine took just over a week I think. My advise to you is that you don't try feeding him for maybe two days and then try, that should work.
Good luck
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CokeOfMan

Does he have UVA/UVB lighting my frog did the same thing, not eat for 2 weeks. My friend told me to add the fluorescent and soon after adding it my frog scarfed down 10 crickets.

>>Does he have UVA/UVB lighting my frog did the same thing, not eat for 2 weeks. My friend told me to add the fluorescent and soon after adding it my frog scarfed down 10 crickets.

My guess is that the flourescent light raised the temperature in your tank enough to entice them to eat. Not to mention, if this is a common flourescent light it wouldn't put out ANY beneficial uv light at all (meaning no helpful UVA or UVB). It's winter - which means it's colder and they tend to brumate this time of year. My frogs haven't eaten since early October (and I have 3) and they're fine. They're all brumating and will come out around April.

If you really would like your frog to eat, give them a warm (but not hot) water bath. This stimulates them into thinking that it's spring (they natrually come out of brumation when the spring rains occur). Also I would suggest putting the crickets in the cage and leaving them. I often found that mine wouldn't take crickets until night. Depending on the size of your pac mans you might want to try adequate sized feeder fish. Just my two cents.

~Katie
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2.1 Cornsnakes (Slink, Shadow, ?)
0.3 Leopard Geckos (Cutie, Lily, and ?)
0.1 Savannah Monitor (Sam)
1.2 Pac Man Frogs(Gordito, Spud, and Diablo)
1.2 Suriname Toad (Squishy)
0.0.2 Giant Millipede (Mega & ?)
lots of snails and fish...

hey thanks for the advice, i woke up this morning and he had practically uncovered himself out of the substrate, and today when i got home from school he had completely covered himself in substrate, i at first thought he had disappeared and then realized that he couldn't have gotten out or anything and shortly later i saw a bit of his skin, should i take this as he is brumating and just leave him be, if so should i always have a food source on hand for him or just wait until he comes out, and also (sorry i am new to this and have many questions) if i try feeder fish what kind should i try and how do i feed them to him? should i use the tongs or put them in his water area? thanks again

>>hey thanks for the advice, i woke up this morning and he had practically uncovered himself out of the substrate, and today when i got home from school he had completely covered himself in substrate, i at first thought he had disappeared and then realized that he couldn't have gotten out or anything and shortly later i saw a bit of his skin, should i take this as he is brumating and just leave him be, if so should i always have a food source on hand for him or just wait until he comes out, and also (sorry i am new to this and have many questions) if i try feeder fish what kind should i try and how do i feed them to him? should i use the tongs or put them in his water area? thanks again

If he's hibernating he will develop a thick layer of skin and his eyes will be shut. When they come out they will eat this (yes, I've seen it). Depending on the temperatures in the tank they could be hibernating. How big is your frog? If he's small you can feed crickets, or go to small comets and then large comets depending on the size. Anything that will fit in their mouth they will eat but shouldn't exceed the length of their body. If you're feeding crickets I'd just dump some in, if you're feeding fish I'd put them in the water dish/area. Just make sure that you change the water frequently and immediately remove any dead fish. Mine have never taken food from tongs. Hope I helped.

~Katie
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2.1 Cornsnakes (Slink, Shadow, ?)
0.3 Leopard Geckos (Cutie, Lily, and ?)
0.1 Savannah Monitor (Sam)
1.2 Pac Man Frogs(Gordito, Spud, and Diablo)
1.2 Suriname Toad (Squishy)
0.0.2 Giant Millipede (Mega & ?)
lots of snails and fish...