Hi guys i know it's kinda odd this being here but i have no where else to post it. If anyone has a pac man frog can you give me some advice on mine? Recently i just figured out my frog likes unusually cool temperatures. He stays away from the heat rock and stays in the water. Which the water is very cool also because my lamp is made for fish which means it produces no heat. He has been in there for about 5 days now and he wont eat the fish in there either i dont know if to give him more time or not because i hear they "live to eat".

make his water source much smaller and provide more heating options for him...what are you feeding him??

how long have you had this frog?

from your description i'd have to say you got the completely wrong set up for it.

Yes it is alot smaller we noticed he wasent a good swimmer lol. So we (friends and i) took the water down until his feet could reach the bottem of it. Umm hes really small so they said he would only accept things like crickets and prefers fish. There are a couple minos and gold fish and there about 1/4 the size of him and they said he can eat 2/3's of his own body. So right now only the fish. For the water yea he can walk around and it's a pretty big pool to him.

Well i got what they told me the kinda mulchy stuff that he can burrow in and thats exactly what he did when we put him in there... he's got a heat rock and it's warm but he stays away from it and prefers the cold water....

ok, i'm pretty close to being a reptile expert. so here goes

for a pac man frog you should have around a 25 gallon tank for a smaller one up to about 50 gal. for a larger one. tempetures should be running high 60's to mid 70's. the whole tank should be moist but no real water source. most people use a gravel type of substance about 2 inches deep and fill with water about 1 inch deep. use a low temp heat lamp i'd say no larger then 60 watts for a 25 gallon tank, but ask a store clerk at a reptile store exactly which size for the tank dimensions you have, taller tanks wont need as much heat as a shorter one with alot of surface area.

feeding, pac man's eat warm blooded animals mainly. a pack man from about 2 inches at it's widest part should be eating no more then 3 pinky mice in a week, and gradually working up to large mice as it gets older. they won't eat much fish at all if any. sometimes they will eat crickets and meal worms while their young but mostly you should be feeding it mice.

pac man frogs are not swimmers!, yes they burrow. mulch is good fr them just keep the bottom part of the tank well soaked with water.

oh yeah, get rid of the heat rock, those things are a waste of time.

okay im all about some frogs and turtles....i googled this for you so here ya go....hope it helps


Housing requirements:

Enclosure: Minimum 10-gallon aquarium, with a lid.

Temperature: Prefer 72° to 82° Fahrenheit

Heat/Light: Pac man frogs do best in a 9 - 12 hour photo period. Longer periods may cause them to stop eating. Fluorescent is preferred because incandescent may dry out the skin.

Substrate: The tank can be lined with paper towels, aquarium gravel, reptile bark or Astroturf with clumps of sphagnum moss and artificial or live plants. Frogs are very sensitive so make sure products used are reptile safe.

Environment: Must have a shallow bowl of water where it will spend most of its time. Have enough loose material to simulate the loose leaves in the forest for hiding spots. High humidity is required so mist daily.

Diet: Feed a variety of crickets, fish and mice. Juveniles should be fed every 2 - 3 days. Adults should be fed once a week and then every 10 - 14 days, as it grows older. It is important to not feed prey items that are too large. Offered food should be no larger than half the size of the pac man frog. Use a vitamin and calcium supplement once weekly with juvenile pac man frogs and every 3 - 4 weeks with adults.

Crickets can be put in the aquarium and fish may be placed in the water dish or you can use small tongs or tweezers to hold the prey items in front of the horned frog.

Note: Pac man frogs will tend to bite anything that moves. Never use you bare hands when feeding to avoid bites. Many frogs are killed when a hand is quickly drawn away from a bite and the horned frog is flung against a wall.

Maintenance: Periodically clean out dead crickets and cricket parts. Water should be freshened daily if evaporating and changed at least once a week. Handlers are advised to wash hands thoroughly after handling animals or animal related products.

Yea thats what they also told me. They said a 10 gallon tank would be perfect for any pac-man frog and i only have a 20 gallon so i gave that to him. His still to small to accept pinkies they said Pac-Man frogs would eat in this order. 1st Mice 2nd Fish and 3rd Crickets. Food should be no larger than the frog being close to the frog wont hurt him i was told but the pinkies are bigger than him. (Can i post a pic im my gallery?)

you sure can and i would love to see it

Yea this was basically just something to talk about because i know everything about the frog already just it seems like he isnt getting along. He might need a little more time to. They said even the largest pac-man can live in captivity in a 10 gallon fine. So a 20 gallon is like a luxury right?

Okay hold on let me get a few pics of him.....i made a stupid stepping stole out of rocks i cleaned off because it was to steep for him to get out. Definitly the coolest of frogs but like all frogs....not the smartest...hes still figuring out how to use it lol.

he is young grasshoppa he shall learn....

what your looking for is the closest you can get to their natural habitat. pac man's are primarily forested animals.

take a few hours and research wild pac man frogs, see where they live, how they live and so forth. that will be your best guide. reptile stores are ok but a lot of times their not really that knowledgable about what they sell. they use a standard for all animals hence the 72 - 82 degrees.

it's always best to research this stuff yourself from an actual factual source like an encyclopedia or wildlife websites. just try and match everything as best as you can to their wild habitat. do away with heat rocks, most reptiles don't know they get burned and cook themselves on them. low level heat lamps mimic the sun and moon in the way the distribute heat.

Yea 72-82 degrees but thats what i find strange sometimes when a bulb blows out on another tank for my lizards i have to go get a new one by the time i get home there all pilled on top of the heat rock. This frog refuses it...
(The Photos are in my gallery now)

Yea im just pretty much looking for someone thats had them. They say it's safe to feed them (anything) as long as it isnt hard and doesent have in paticulare dangereous obstructions.....my friend says he feeds his pac-man other frogs......that will only eat crickets....

cute pics

By looking at him do you think he could overpower a small pinkie? Because i have to take it out if he doesent take it in...if you get it.

i think he can handle it....i got it