Hey y'all Mandy from My hectic life pets where we talk about all things pet and pet related
and today we're gonna talk about the pacman frog now pacman frog is actually just a nickname
for several different species of horned frogs, so the pacman frog aptly got its name from
the way that it eats, it has a huge mouth so when it eats it looks like pacman.
so pacman frog is a sit and wait type of predator, they don't really need a very large space
to jump around, they tend to just burrow themselves into the substrate and wait for prey to come
along.
Now pacman frogs can have quite a few things in their diet dubia roaches and crickets are
a great staple, but they also enjoy pinkies and nightcrawlers occasionally.
now if you do feed pinkies you don't want to over feed, only about once a month because
they are really high in fat and they aren't very nutritious for the frog. because pacman
frogs are a sit and wait predator, they don't need a very large tank, adult pacman frogs
need about a 10 gallon short tank, baby pacman frogs or juveniles need about a 5 gallon tank
so they can still find their food.
for their tank set up you of course will need a thermometer and hygrometer you will want
to make sure that the tank stays between 75 and 85 degrees.
If your tank does not get up to 75 degrees you might need an under the tank mat.
Because pacman frogs are kept in such a shallow tank having things like heat lamps can actually
end up overheating and possibly burning your frog, so they do best with the under the tank
heating mat but you might want to put a towel inbetween the tank mat and the tank to keep
your frog from burning its abdomen when it burrows.
With the hygrometer your going to want to make sure your tank stays between 40 and 80
percent humidity.
if the humidity starts to drop below 40 percent you will want to remist the tank, you never
want more than 80 percent humidity as this can start to grow mold in your tank.
now for substrate for your frog you want to use a coconut fiber substrate is going to
be great it holds a lot of moisture and it allows the frogs to burrow, which is gonna
be their natural instinct to do.
I recommend avoiding adding things like moss. because they can become a problem if you feed
your frogs in the tank and they ingest some of the moss it could cause an obstruction,
now for tank decor you can go as far as you want or you can keep it minimal the pacman
frogs do kind of bulldoze over things so keeping live plants on the side of the tank can help
keep them from trampeling now of course they will need a shallow water dish, these frogs
are not strong swimmers so you want the frog to be able to easily jump in and out of the
bowl they do like to sit and soak in their water mine do all the time so I'm constantly
having to change the water in the tank but that's ok of course you'll want a mister bottle
and you'll want to use dechlorinated water for their drinking water and misting water
so the adult pacman frog usually reaches between to 8 inches males tend to be on the smaller
size reaching about 4 inches, while females tend to be between 5 and 7 inches when they're
finished growing for more information about how to sex your frog I will put a link in
the description below to my video on that so there's a big debate as to whether or not
these frogs need uvb bulbs they are nocturnal and most people will say they don't need one
if you do decide to get a uvb you will want to get a low wattage these frogs have very
sensitive skin, especially if you have an albino like I do they can have extremely sensitive
skin and can easily be damaged now of course whether you use a uvb bulb or you dont you
always want to make sure that you add a calcium supplement so when you are feeding you'll
want to dust off those crickets or roaches about twice a week with a calcium vitamin
d3 supplement powder, so the pacman frog is more of an observational pet so you really
don't want to handle them a lot it actually can hurt them the oils in our skin can make
them ill so when you do handle your frog, I recommend doing it as little as possible
or wearing gloves if you have to handle them more often, you do want to make sure that
you provide fresh water every day for them as since they do soak in their water bacteria
can grow and cause the frog to get sick so pacman frogs can make a really nice pet for
beginners they are really easy to care for, they don't require a lot of work and they
are fun to watch especially when they eat ok so that's all for today's video if you
liked it please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel where I post new videos every
week, thanks for watching guys, bye
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