Quote Originally Posted by Tim Kennedy View Post
We also had this problem with our Fantasy Frog Raoul. For months he had been totally unresponsive even as spring turned to summer. We also had a tortoise that wouldn't eat and for her the vet suggested a product called Reptiboost, which is a white powder, you dissolve a spoon of it in some warm water and leave the little guy or girl in it for a while. You need to rinse them off afterwards though, as it is biological. Anyway I tried it on Raoul and an outer skin immediately rolled off him and now he is as right as rain, and he has just eaten his first mouse in months! It seems to be working on the tortoise too.
Sounds like Raoul was aestivating. They do not eat during Aestivation. They shed several layers of skin and form a caccoon to hold in water and they live off of stored body fat. This is their dry season dormancy period.