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Old 03-09-2008, 09:21 AM
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Hay guys ok so i have hade my pacman all most one week now and I think he hase stoped eating. The first day i got him I gave him a good amount of brown silent cricket size 3 so small to mid in size. And he eat most of them. Anyway went to the petshop to get some more but thay only hade black cricket So i got some of them in a size 2 small and he dont seam to wont to eat them why is this ?. The whites love to eat them
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Old 03-09-2008, 10:02 AM
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When are you feeding him? Before mine would only eat when it was dark for a while. It could also be they are too small perhaps. Don't worry I've never come across a non feeding horned frog - the greedy wee buggers.
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My big fella (Dizz) wont touch crix. He did when he was little for the first few weeks then he lost interest. MAybe your pacman is the same, just got bored with cix.

Have you tried locust?

Is he a baby or an adult?

If hes a baby how old is he/she?
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Old 03-09-2008, 10:09 AM
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When are you feeding him? Before mine would only eat when it was dark for a while. It could also be they are too small perhaps. Don't worry I've never come across a non feeding horned frog - the greedy wee buggers.
I am feedding around 11pm when both the whites are up so feed all 3 same time.

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My big fella (Dizz) wont touch crix. He did when he was little for the first few weeks then he lost interest. MAybe your pacman is the same, just got bored with cix.

Have you tried locust?

Is he a baby or an adult?

If hes a baby how old is he/she?
He is a baby cant say how old but he is around 1.25 inch i would say
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Old 03-09-2008, 11:42 AM
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Try him on small locusts or even a small pinkie. also have you checked his temps etc?

Does he have plenty of hides?

sometimes mine just stops eating and as a sleep for a bit. Especially after a mouse, (which he gets as a treat every month or two).
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keep him warm he should be fine they often go for weeks without eating.
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Old 03-09-2008, 07:38 PM
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Pac man not eating!?! make sure the teps are correct and try everything. Something will work
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Old 03-09-2008, 07:57 PM
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Going to try some bigger food for him. I have a heat mat on the side of the tank and its set to 24c ill have to check the temps and so on
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Old 03-09-2008, 11:58 PM
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Dont worry about him not feeding for a couple of days, leave him quiet and calm and then try him on locusts.
my pacman will not touch crix anymore, he used to and then started refusing, so the spoilt git gets locusts now.
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24 is a little to cool for a baby.
secondly up the size of the crickets. you want foods which are between 25 and 50% of the length of the frog and if the foods are too small they will ignore them unless they are extremely hungry.
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