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Ok this is my first frog that does not live under water all its life and well. I am getting so much conflicting information and so many don't do this and do that but no you can't do it that way. Well the deal is like this. I was told don't use an under the tank heating pad as my frog will burry itself and it would burn the stomach of my frog and now I here don't use light for more than 10-12 hours a day as it may cause the frog to go into estivation. Now I here use a full spectrem bulb and then I hear don't use a daylight bulb. Also I hear the under the tank heat mats are good for him but then I hear they can catch on fire if left on all the time. What on earth am I supposed to do for heating his tank? Now it is not a big deal as it is about 70's to 80 but what about winter? His current heater is 40 watt Daylight blue reptile bulb. I just want to know what should I do for heat? I was thinking of buying an under the tank heater to use at night and during the day I would just turn off the mat and use the heat lamp. Does that sound like a good idea? During winter I mean. He will be fine without heat at night for now as it is almost summer but we are getting summer weather. I named him Pacman. Not original but oh well. He ate alot of crickets about 6 in the past 2 days. He is still small about an inch to 2 inches. I read the younger frogs should be fed crickets dusted in calcium dust every 2-3 days. Is that ok?

You can use a heat pad. For me, my heat pad is hooked to a thermostat so it regulates....If you can't find one..find a small heat pad and slap it to the side of your tank (works better if you have a aquarium tank). so that way it heats up from the side. Keep the temp at around 80-82. don't let it drop lower than the mid 70s.

I feed my baby pacman about every 2 to 3 days, i dump around 4 crickets in there...I use the T-Rex calcium/no phosphate 2:0 for dusting the circkets

i have the same questions too. i use a 60 watt dalight blue bulb for day and i think a 40 watt red bulb at night i still never see 82 F and night it drops to like 69 f dont know what to do i have this frog for over a year and i think its fine. and as far as feeding i use crickets and sometimes pinkys . i hear ppl on here use fish meal worms wax worms and earth worm. i havent been getting any success on getting my frog to eat them well good luck with you