I Brought It Home (pictures)

I made a new thread because I wasn't sure if the old one would draw attention. let me know if that isn't okay. Go look at "poor pacmans!" if you are lost

I went back to the pet store to check on the frogs and tell the people that they are hurting them. The green one was still there and the tank looked much better. I didn't recognize the people up front but one of the employees whose been there a long time was in the back I told her about the other day and she agreed with me. She told me they have new employees who don't know anything. She seemed really angry when she was talking about them. She said that the albino one died due to the water. She told me she would let the managers know that I complained that a way they can better take care of the problem. This pet store usually is an alright store so I'm glad I got to talk to her about it.

I went ahead and took the green one home I'll post pictures below. The girl explained to me how to look for signs of being too wet or too dry but I'm still a little unsure of what that will look like. The girl at the front desk (who may be the bad egg) squirted the frog with water hardcore and I told her to stop. The other girl turned the corner and I looked at her with big eyes so she kept an eye on how the bad egg was going to send the frog with me. She got out a brown paper bad and was about to put it inside! The helpful girl ran to us and stopped her and told her how the bad would hurt its skin.

The helpful girl has given me good advice with other animals in the past so I do trust her, but it sounds like they have a lot of knuckle heads working there now. The problem is there are worse stores in my area - guess I'll be online shopping from now on.

I put him or her in the 20 high for now but I plan on keeping a very close eye on it. If it seems stressed and doesn't eat for me I will move it to something smaller.

Here it is! There's a reptile vet near me so a check up may be in order just incase (are froggy check ups expensive?)

That one girls sounds like she doesn't care or shouldn't be near the live animals!

Congrats on the new pick up, he is cute! I'm sure a frog person will be by to help you with any questions.

Sorry to hear about the other one that passed away

I'm very sad for it especially because it could have been avoided. This guys hiding the the corner of the tank underneath the pothos. I think I will call him Grimace. I turned the heater on in the room the tank is still missing a thermometer so I'm trying to judge by how hot the turtle tank is but he has more keeping him warm. I have a coupon for petco so I will pick up a thermometer and a 25 watt red basking light soon. I figure I'll leave him alone and let him get settled before I try to feed him or anything. poor thing.

Yep, best to leave him alone right now. What are you using as substrate? Eco earth is the best for these guys. When top of the coco substrate starts gets lighter in color, add some water. You want to aim for a temp of 85 under the basking light. You can turn it off at night for a 10 to 20 degree temp drop.

I mixed eco earth with organic soil but I think I'm a little heavy on the soil side so I plan on adding more eco earth. I have moss in the tank and I just read that, it's a no no. I'll repost a pic of the tank even though I took the little aztec head out because I was scared it would hurt the frogs skin. I'm nervous about making it too wet now. I mist it once a day if the moss feel like its drying but there are areas of the tank that are more dry but he hasn't explored them yet. just sits under the pothos. I did get him to eat crickets!
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I find that just dumping water works better than misting. I just dump half a gallon in the tank once a week out of a watering can that has the raining kind out spout on it (lots of little holes). The eco-earth soaks it up. Where you want moisture is the earth, not necessarily the air.

Alright I'll do it that way. I put him in the water dish today because I wasn't sure if he knew it existed I think it made him happy because he looked like he was washing himself up. I also removed the moss except for a little bit directly underneath the plants. So far it seems he's doing really well. When I read about them I was under the impression that they don't move around well but he actually bounds pretty far. I'm impressed by his skills.

He'll slow down as he gets older. Mine now goes down for a long winter nap every year. About 5 months. And when he is up, he eats, he half buries, comes up when he's hungry again. Might take a bath in there....

awww I want to be a lazy frog. I would love to nap all day.

Cute little guy/gal you got there! I actually wanted to get a Pacman yesterday but when I went to the store they were all out. Congrats on your new froggy and I'm glad he/she is in much better hands now!