pacman toads: feeding and enclosure

Bencb3 · 07-07-03, 11:27 PM

im interested in getting a pacman toad and before i buy it im just wondering what type of enclosure i should use and why food i should get, i kno they can eat pinkys when they get big enough but im just not sure, and should thier habat be mostly aquatic or mosty dry with a bowl of water in it?

LISA127 · 07-08-03, 05:27 AM

mice should only be a portion of their diet. throughout their lives, they should eat a variety of foods. the best way to house them, in my opinion, is with a shallow amount of water in the bottom of the cage and a haulout area.

raebug2000 · 08-03-03, 09:54 PM

spagnum moss is good too. they are ambushers... they like to sit and wait for their prey to happen buy.
crickets pinkies mice later, goldfish, and occasional anole WC......they will eat anything. be careful their little chompers are serious.

GTPman4 · 08-04-03, 02:14 PM

My pacman frog is in a 10 gal. tank with a slanted piece of glass dividing it in half. In one half there is about 2" of ecoearth soil and the other side has a paper towel with 1/2" of water. The paper towel is in there for me so that cleaning is made easier because she drags soil in with her. I have mine on a kind of schedule for feeding. The first week of the month I feed her about 10-12 large crickets or 10-12 waxworms every 2-3 days. The second week I feed her 2 nightcrawlers every 2-3 days. The third week I feed her 1 big goldfish every 2-3 days. And the last week I give her a hopper. This schedule seems to be working very well for her. Hope this helps!!

Moe · 08-04-03, 03:03 PM

I wouldnt feed mice or fish if I were you..."they are full of lipids that frogs are not properly adapted to digest. They will as a result become obese and go blind or undergo organ failure due to their unhealthy condition."- Andy M.

eyespy · 08-04-03, 03:22 PM

GTPMan4, that's WAYYYYY too much food for a pacman. If you feed a fuzzy or larger mouse per month, that's all the food they need for the entire month! Otherwise you end up with a frog with obesity and fatty liver disease issues.

Feeding my Captain Crunch a hopper mouse the first of the month one month, then a feeder insect diet the following month made him live 26 years. Most pacmen fed more frequently seldom achieve 7 years of age. The month he ate the bugs he'd get about 25 crickets, 5 earthworms, and assorted flies/worms/roaches equaling approximately 50 bugs in total for the entire month. Pacmen will eat themselves to death if given the chance and it's best to control their appetites. In the wild they only have plentiful food for about 3 months during the year so their natural instinct to gorge isn't so dangerous, in captivity it can prove fatal.

GTPman4 · 08-12-03, 03:41 PM

Sorry, I forgot to mention I wait a little over a month after giving her the hopper to start the schedule again.

Bartman · 08-12-03, 03:49 PM

at the pet store next to my house they keep the frog in a 15 gallon tank with a bunch of sphagna moss at the bottem and than they place a water dish with water incase it wants to soak but everytime i got there its always burried in the substrate, and i guess, as raebug2000 said, they like to sit there and wait for the crix to pass by.

ohh_kristina · 08-12-03, 03:57 PM

I am thinking about getting one of these. Do they need heat or lights?

GTPman4 · 08-13-03, 09:50 PM

They do need some heat like all other herps, and a day and night cycle. Mine has a UTH and a 2% UVB light.

burmer · 08-16-03, 08:16 PM

This is just the thread I was looking for. I just came home from a show with a new pac man. Thanks for the info.

Skink Keeper · 08-17-03, 10:39 PM

I used to work at a pet store and i noticed that the biggest problem people were having with pacman frogs was bacterial infections from unclean conditions so try to keep urs clean. i clean mine about every two or three weeks.

Linds · 08-25-03, 02:00 PM

I just keep mine at room temperature (80-85 degrees) near the window (but not where there is direct light), in a clear rubbermaid. I had to temporarily change him to a ten gallon because I had an unexpected arrival that needed the rubbermaid more. Rubbermaids work best I find. I don't provide any additional lighting either. I've used both papertowel and peat moss as substrates. He is provided with a large *shallow* water dish with clean, spring water. He's actually a relatively fussy feeder... he is a very typical ambush predator. He will not go out of his way at all for his food, so its not so much that he's fussy, but moreso that I have to mame the prey so it will just sit and wiggle in front of him until he decides to eat it

I give him a baby rat every 1-1.5 months, and then the rest of the time het gets bugs. I've tried fish and he doesn't care for them much. Most of his insect diet consists of silkworms and superworms. I tried to get a supply of nightcrawlers down here but was unsuccessful, but if I find a worm out in the yard I rinse it off and give it to him. He doesn't care for crickets at all since they run away from him no matter what you do. The bigger the variety the better. Try to keep fatty foods such as rodents to a minimum, as they require a lot of roughage in their diet. As Moe mentioned, too much fat can cause them to go blind, amongst other health problems. They are very cool frogs to keep!