My frog keeps going into aestivation, help please

[Ra]

No ill affect come from keeping the frog from aestivating when the conditions are not right for it. Several premature deaths have occurred from inexperienced people allowing their frog go aestivate and not keeping up with humidity and slightly lower temps. Many never wake up. You're right about the seasonal change, but that doesn't happen here and usually aestivation if performed during the wonder months so that when spring arrives breeders can begin to fatten up their Pacs and begin preparing their rainchambers. It is highly recommended that no frog under a year of age be allowed to aestivate due to a lot of young frogs just never wake up.

Breeders generally PUT frogs into a period of dormancy during the winter months because of the reduced photoperiod and is generally a period of brumation. This is done intentionally by the breeders. This is generally considered brumation.

I had a lot of trouble with a pacman frog I purchased from a petco as a baby several years ago. He attempted to go into a state of dormancy and I did everything I could, from electrolyte soaks to force feeding to adjustments in temperature and humidity. The result was that he never started eating on his own, remained inactive and eventually his health began to deteriorate. Once he had lost quite a bit of body mass it was too late to allow him to aestivate and in retrospect I regret not allowing this natural dormancy to take place.

I think there is some confusion going on here between brumation and aestivation.