So i just got a budgets frog ! estivation?

[Herpguy]

If you are asking help from people you need to be willing to wait more than 7 hours. If I was a grumpier person I would not respond, but I will for the well being of the frog.

It all depends on the frog's size, you should wait until they are adult. All you do is basically put it in a compound bucket filled with coco-fiber, and let the fiber dry slowly. Keep a small piece of pipe the goes to the bottom so you can add small amounts of water so it does not dry out completely. Make sure you check up on the frog and make sure it's cocoon has not cracked. After a few months slowly add warm water to the bucket until the substrate is rather damp. Within a few days your Budgett's will be sitting in the substrate like a pacman frog, with it's head sticking out. When this happens you can move him back to his aquatic setup.

[Hoppy2Bhere]

Yes, I forgot about the 7 hour thing, ( though I did see people look but not reply) ...I do realize that people work and live in other parts of the world where they may be asleep when I am not or am : so yes and thank you for your reply I got antsy because he was shedding so much, and I was going to start estivation process today. I am relatively sure that this frog is not full grown, so I could wait a year...

Thanks for not being grumpy,

[GrifTheGreat]

If you are asking help from people you need to be willing to wait more than 7 hours. If I was a grumpier person I would not respond, but I will for the well being of the frog.

It all depends on the frog's size, you should wait until they are adult. All you do is basically put it in a compound bucket filled with coco-fiber, and let the fiber dry slowly. Keep a small piece of pipe the goes to the bottom so you can add small amounts of water so it does not dry out completely. Make sure you check up on the frog and make sure it's cocoon has not cracked. After a few months slowly add warm water to the bucket until the substrate is rather damp. Within a few days your Budgett's will be sitting in the substrate like a pacman frog, with it's head sticking out. When this happens you can move him back to his aquatic setup.

Just to add to this well stated info.

You keep a shallow water dish large enough for the frog's entire body to fit in. If your Budgetts wants to aestivate then it will dig down and begin to aestivate if the Budgetts is not ready and does not want to aestivate it will stay in the water dish.

Philippe De Vosjoli has a good book on both Horned Frogs and Budgetts and it explains the aestivation process.

Even if the frog decides to dig down there should still always be a shallow water dish filled with fresh water placed on top of the substrate during the entire time that the frog slumbers.