tong training pacman frog

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I have a some fantasy morph pacman frog that I am trying to tong train and it is going eh so far. He will readily feed on crickits and superworms loose. On tongs he will eat the crickets and superwomen only if the insects legs "scratch" at her face. If you hold the insects or rub her face she will not eat them. When you rub her face she kind of shakes and turns away. Rarely does she try to bite. My goal is to get her on gel food and red wriggler worms/night crawlers. At this point she has only eaten a red wriggler loose once and no interest at all on a tong. Any advice to tong train her? I wish she was more food aggressive. She is about 3 inches across
 
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Fantasy is part cornuta which is the pickiest of all horned frogs. Red wigglers also secrete a nasty slime that most frogs won't eat. Canadian night crawlers is what I use. It just takes time. Good luck on gel food.

I gently rub under the chin or on the side of the mouth that's usually enough to get a bite. Dubia roaches usually trigger a good reaction.
 
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Remember they have eyes on the sides of their heads which means you have to find the sweet distance in front of them for them to see the food properly
 
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PYRU said:
Fantasy is part cornuta which is the pickiest of all horned frogs. Red wigglers also secrete a nasty slime that most frogs won't eat. Canadian night crawlers is what I use. It just takes time. Good luck on gel food.

I gently rub under the chin or on the side of the mouth that's usually enough to get a bite. Dubia roaches usually trigger a good reaction.
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thank you. interesting note about the worms. Will switch to cut up night crawlers.

Deadliestviper7 said:
Remember they have eyes on the sides of their heads which means you have to find the sweet distance in front of them for them to see the food properly
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actually have been trying pretty hard to find the sweet spot. So far no luck.

also any idea how much a frog this size should be eating a week?
 
Charney said:
thank you. interesting note about the worms. Will switch to cut up night crawlers.



actually have been trying pretty hard to find the sweet spot. So far no luck.

also any idea how much a frog this size should be eating a week?
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A few crickets a day or the approximate
 
3" I'd say probably 3-4 times a week. Depending on how much it eats in 15min
 
how often do these frogs typically defecate? Mine goes once a week when I soak him.
 
Do they ever walk or hop around? I don't think I've ever seen one actually move.
 
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