To to soaks or not to do soaks.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Being a new Pack man keeper,
and Following what other keepers have done about regular soaks on a weekly basis.

I have found that since I have been doing weekly soaks that my Pepito enjoys them and
has started to only having a BM during his weekly bath.

I just wonder if this might be a bad practice like humans taking laxatives too often and
becoming dependent on them?

What are your thoughts on this?

[Hypnotic]

I do it once a month, my girl seems to enjoy it too, When I just bought her, I figured she would go on her own, but after 3 months, no poop. So I decided to do it monthly.

[GrifTheGreat]

It is fine to soak them once a week. It is like potty traing the frog. They learn that bath time is also bathroom time. Some will still go anytime anywhere. Just depends on the individual frog.

[Mentat]

As long as frog does not stress out during soaks; see no problem with it . Fresita hates them, so I put her on a nightcrawler only diet and the constipation problem disappeared.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Carlos,
Its not that My frog has a problem it is wither or not I am causing a problem by doing a soak every week.
Up until two weeks ago Pepito was on a pure nigh crawler diet and his stool was very loose and very smelly.
So I started him back on his normal staple of dubia roaches and crickets. and his stool is now normal.
but he only does it during the weekly soaks.

So I was worried that he would become dependent on the soaks.
Since I travel so much and some times I am away for a few weeks.
Now my wife will feed him crickets but nothing else. and will not do the soaks.
That is the whole reason I am worried.

[Mentat]

There is probably no data on Pacman frogs permanently associating baths (with honey?) to BM. In your case since you travel for weeks; would just revert to feeding only night crawlers during those times. Good luck !

[wujuan]

my girl poops where ever she wants, when ever she wants. good girl!