Quote Originally Posted by Ra View Post
Oh I thought he was turning the heat up to 80 in his house to keep the frog warm while he was gone, I didnt realize he probably doesnt have an a/c. No, that isn't quite a cooling down, and I'll just ignore the condescending nature of your remarks here.
On the note about brumation, I was just raising the question, these are large hardy frogs after all that are evolved to deal with drastically changing seasonal conditions so I think its unlikely that the frog would die after two weeks if the right conditions were met before he left. That is, if those conditions were met. And they really arent all that hard to meet, unless you dont have an a/c unit or a cool basement.

He stated last time that he attempted to take his frog with on vacation on a long road trip which seems ridiculous, but he doesnt want to repeat that scenario obviously.

What I find odd is that there isnt any body that can at least come over every couple of days to mist the tank and change the water dish. Like, nobody at all. That seems odd to me.
Ra the problem is that we have no idea what conditions the frog is kept in or its overall health. They MUST be of a good weight and of the right age to brumate. If nothing has been prepared correctly to start brumation the frog will still die. A lot of frogs that are allowed to aestivate or brumate under a year of age never wake up.

As I said we have no idea whether the frog is even healthy enough to even think about brumation and yes this particular person lacks any necessary experience and or ability to allow the frog to undergo this process. It would still be a death sentence for the frog.