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i got a tiny pixie frog and tiny pacman frog last week at a show the pac man wont eat unless i put the worm to his lips,also the pac has a bulge on his left thigh almost like it is swollen or somthing.the temps are 80 day 75 night i feed dusted molted mealies.i have a bowl of water and a plant to hide behind.why wont he eat by just putting the bugs in there and what is that bulge

try crickets, dusted and gutloaded of course

staticx, mealworms are not the ideal food for horned frogs, or for most frogs for that matter. They have a tendency to not move enough to attract the frog's attention, and as they bury, they can be problematic. Mealworms also have a tendency to bite, it is possible that the lump on your frogs side is a bite wound from one of these worms. As the other post said, dusted/gutloaded crickets are the best food for your new frog. The will move much more than mealworms and hopefully attract your frogs attention. Watch the buldge, if you can see a wound on it (some sort of cut or scrape that looks red or bloody) put a very small amount of antibiotic ointment on it. Repeate this once a day. Otherwise there's not much you can do, because even if you were willing to spend money for a vet to see the frog it is probably too small for anything to be done. Best of luck.

EMWhite