I have a question about pacman frogs and the humidity?

Question

I have a Pacman frog, or a Horned frog, whichever you prefer to call them. They have several different names. I know they need about 50%+ humidity, but it's hard to keep it at that level. I like to keep him up around 70-80% but at night and during the day when I'm not attending him, it drops as low as 20%. And during the day when I am attending him, it's hard to keep it up, and I frequently have to mist him. He's in a circular container, rather than a fish tank as of right now since he's not very large. I have a small heating pad underneath if that counts for anything relating to humidity. I just need to know if there are any other ways in keeping humidity up. Would having a light on him work since he's kind of in the dark at night? Or will that have no affect at all? Any advice or websites would be very helpful as long as it's in relation with my problem. Thanks.

Answer 1

High humidity is always a problem to provide for any herp unless you live in a place with high natural humidity! Since most of us don't live in a rainforest, here are a number of things you can try.

Put about 1- 1 1/2 inches of gravel in the bottom of the container/tank. Put some fish mesh over this and top with a layer of coconut fiber (EcoEarth, Bed-A-Beast) deep enough for your frog to dig into. You can top with a layer of moss if you want. Pour water into the container till the level is just below the mesh. It will keep yoour bedding moist and the tank humid. You can add more water as needed.

Put live plants in the container. Plants and their soil will absorb a lot of water and the plants will transpire it through their leaves.

Mist heavily and frequently.

Use a large water dish - if the tank humidity goes down and your frog wants to, he'll sit in the dish.

Add motion to water - either an aquarium airpump with glass bead airstone (so it has enough weight to stay in the water), a waterfall (watch water levels - these don't have a big reservoir!), or programmed mister (Habba-Mist type device).

The heater will provide humidity by evaporating water in your container, but once the water is evaporated, you can dry your frog out, so you need to keep an eye on this! The overhead light will do the same. Also, turn your light off at night - animals need a daytime/nighttime cycle.

http://www.anapsid.org/ornatacare.html

Answer 2

I have a pac man and I have her in a glass aquarium with a glass lid. I have a light 12 hours a day and at night no light. The temp in the tank during the day is 83 and dips to 68-70 at night. I mist it daily and there is always mist on the sides. I don't use anything to show the humidity level. I live in Michigan and as soon as it got cold she slowed her eating habits down going from 4 crickets a day to 1 or 2 every other day. But she is still thriving. Try a glass aquarium and see if it doesn't help. I also don't use a heating pad, never have with my pac mans.

Answer 3

I used to have one of those frogs, and I, no offence, cared about the humidity, he was fine, healthy for the longest time, and all I used was a heating lamp and kept the water dish full. It was easy