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I have two Pac Man frogs. Recently acquired. Two-inches in diameter. I fed them crickets, and was told they can probably handle pinkies. But one of them has no interest in eating....bugs or mice. So, now what? Any factors that I need to check that may effect their desire to eat???

Thanks
Patrick

I have a pacman and when he never eats i just throw in a wax worm and he gobbles like 4 of them so try wax worms they always work for me.

if the temps are low that would certainly affect their appetite.
You could try raising the temp as warm as 80 degrees. Then they'll metabolise their food faster. Might also try rasing the humity as well.

Could also try providing some cover, if there isn't any already in it's cage. Anything from fake plants to a half log, might help an insecure frog feel comfortable and more likely to eat.

BD
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0.0.1 C. ornata
1.0.0 C. cranwelli
0.0.1 Albino C. cranwelli
0.0.1 C. cranwelli x cornuta
1.0.0 yellow C. cornuta
0.0.2 green C. cornuta
1.1.2 Bufo regularis
1.1.0 D. leucomelas
0.0.2 Panamanian D. Auratus
0.1.0 Anerythristic Honduran milksnake
1.0.0 Normal Honduran milksnake
0.0.1 striped cornsnake
1.0.0 Butter het motley cornsnake
0.1.0 Normal ball python
0.0.2 Beared Dragons
0.0.1 Chinese water dragon
0.0.3 New Caledonian Crested geckos
1.1.0 Carrot tail and patternless leopard geckos

My current set up for the (2) Pac Man frogs is:

They are both only about 2-inches, therefore, they are kept in "Kritter-Keeper" type plastic enclosures, which measure 9" long, x 5" wide, x 7" tall. I use a Paper towel substrate. I had Moss, but it got too messy to clean. Due to their size, I felt it was senseless to use larger enclosures. I use space heaters to make sure the area around the enclosures is warm enough, and I do 'mist' the enclosures to increase humidity.
They are fed 'crickets'. I tried mealworms, but they refused them. I tried pinkies, but only one would eat the pinkie. The other refused the pinkie. It was recommended that I feed them pinkies due to their size.

Any recommendations? Please let me know.

Many thanks.

My pacman wouldnt eat for a little while but when i put her under a light she warmed up and ate two large crickets. Try to keep the temp warm, wich it sounds like you are and try wax worms they might eat that that is what started my pacman to eat so give it a try if you want and tell me how it goes.

do they have any place to hide? like a samll half log or fake plants?

BD
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0.0.1 C. ornata
1.0.0 C. cranwelli
0.0.1 Albino C. cranwelli
0.0.1 C. cranwelli x cornuta
1.0.0 yellow C. cornuta
0.0.2 green C. cornuta
1.1.2 Bufo regularis
1.1.0 D. leucomelas
0.0.2 Panamanian D. Auratus
0.1.0 Anerythristic Honduran milksnake
1.0.0 Normal Honduran milksnake
0.0.1 striped cornsnake
1.0.0 Butter het motley cornsnake
0.1.0 Normal ball python
0.0.2 Beared Dragons
0.0.1 Chinese water dragon
0.0.3 New Caledonian Crested geckos
1.1.0 Carrot tail and patternless leopard geckos

Well, actually no - a simple 'paper-towel' substrate is what I read is recommended, so there is really nothing else in there but the paper-toweling --- that is moistened.

It's possible that having no place to hide is affecting their desire to eat. It could be stressing them out, since naturally they would bury themselves in the soil an leaf litter. Providing a small half log or something similar might help them feel comfortable.
Of course you could always try other food sources like wax worms, nightcrawlers, small guppies, or small commets.

Most of my horn frogs had in their containers only about 1 1/2" of substrate (bed-a-beast) and a water bowl. And they used to bury themselves completly all the time, rarely coming out. Until I put some leafy fake plants in with them that it changed. Now they tend to bury themselves halfway, with their rear ends right up against the fake plant. My cranwells is now to large he can't bury himself entirely so he always hides in the mouth of his half log, coming all the way out in the evenings.

BD
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0.0.1 C. ornata
1.0.0 C. cranwelli
0.0.1 Albino C. cranwelli
0.0.1 C. cranwelli x cornuta
1.0.0 yellow C. cornuta
0.0.2 green C. cornuta
1.1.2 Bufo regularis
1.1.0 D. leucomelas
0.0.2 Panamanian D. Auratus
0.1.0 Anerythristic Honduran milksnake
1.0.0 Normal Honduran milksnake
0.0.1 striped cornsnake
1.0.0 Butter het motley cornsnake
0.1.0 Normal ball python
0.0.2 Beared Dragons
0.0.1 Chinese water dragon
0.0.3 New Caledonian Crested geckos
1.1.0 Carrot tail and patternless leopard geckos

if your pac man wont eat all you have to do is buy ome tongs get the small feeder comments or rosey red minos and sience they have shout tepors ou just makethem angry buy rubbing the side of there mouth with the small fish and after a whild he/she will bite the fish and will eat it and after hher get a little biger they wll began to eat on there own

I've tried that but it just creeps my Pacman out. He either ignores it until the fish dies or hops away.