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Hi everyone,

This is my 1st post at this forum. Maybe you guys can help me out. This frog was given to me as a gift. So I was kinda caught off guard because before I got my Pac man I knew nothing of this breed. So I'm learning as I go. I have two questions. The 1st is regarding the diet of my frog. Is it OK to feed my frog a diet solely made up of nightclawers dipped in Cricket Dust? I like the worms because they don't die and make noise like crickets. My next question, I have noticed these little white things in my frog's water bowl. What the hell are they and how do I get rid of them? They appear to move. I have washed the bowl out several times with boiling hot water and everytime the little thingies come back. You guys have any clues. Thanks for your time. Peace.

~ Walter

hi,
you really need to give your frog as varied a diet as possible so it doesn't get too much of one particular vitamin. i think nightcrawlers have a reasonable protien value (which is good), but i think they also have quite a high fat content too. i'm feeding mine gut-loaded crickets, dusted in vitamin powder, and feeding the odd nightcrawler as an occasional treat.
Hope this helps.
PS i haven't got a clue what the things are in the water bowl. does anyone else know???

I wouldn't feed your frog strictly anything, vary it's diet as much as possible between worms, crickets, and other insects.

The little white things sound like they may be springtails. How big are they?
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I agree with the other posters in that a varied diet is best for a pac. My two pacs are on diets of large crics and nightcrawlers, with the occasional pinky or hopper mouse.

Those white things sound like baby crics, if so they aren't living in the dish, they are accidently hopping in (crics are not smart), change the substrate or let it dry out a bit, both will help prevent it from happening again. They can't hurt your frog and they wont live long without food.