Do seasons affect Pacman Frogs?

[skippy]

Ok, long story short: Last year from November to April, my PacMan frog ate irregularity, sometimes not eating for week(s) at a time. Come spring, she ate and ate and ate.

Same thing this year, she has simply slowed down. The ambient room temperature and tank temp and humidity hasn't gone down. the room humidity has gone down by 7-10 degrees because the furnace heats the air and burns off the moisture.

Do frogs relate to reduced solar periods, i.e. the ambient room lighting is much lessened through the windows in the winter.

[Heatheranne]

The answer is yes, they can sense the barometric seasonal changes. Keeping the temp and humidity up around 80'F and 80% should help. It's likely he'll come out to eat every week or so. You can try lessening the amount of substrate also so he can't burrow under all of the way.

[Truffs1178]

Yes they can and it's completely natural so no need to worry. Obviously keep his temperatures and humidity correct as there is really no need to change them. If he comes out before spring then make sure there is food available and fresh water. Mine is exactly the same. When autumn came he stopped croaking, buried himself but came out every few days for food but now he has been under for weeks. You can dig him up once every few weeks to give him a soak and food if he won't come up but it's not necessary just more of a comfort to us knowing that he is safe and still getting food.

[GrifTheGreat]

Heather and Jack are correct.

They can sense the change and will decrease and increase activity and food intake with the changing seasons. Always check on the frog if it has remained burrowed for a couple weeks. Most will increase food intake in spring and summer, but decrease at the end of summer to the start of fall, then increase again between fall and winter in which winter they will once again decrease activity and food. This doean't happen to all, but the majority of frogs will go through this phase.

Keep everything normal and all should be fine.

[GRABibus]

They definitely feel changings of weather.
Éven if you maintain high températures and humidity, starting on novembre or december, they burrowed for several months until may thé year after.
this is what we observe in France for most of pacman owners

[WalkerBait]

I was going to make a separate thread as I'm a new Pacman frog owner. I've had Esme for a couple months now, and she had been eating 2 worms every two days religiously. Now she has stopped eating altogether. I try feeding her every day or two when she comes out from being buried,but she turns away or doesn't look interested at all.
I don't want her to starve to death! I also don't want to stress her out by trying to feed her excessively when she's not in the mood.

So the answer is to wait? Keep temp and light and humidity consistent and that's it? It's been about two weeks since she's eaten anything.I thought they could only go a month?

[Truffs1178]

Make a new thread and answer these questions.

1. Size of enclosure
2. # of inhabitants - specifically other frogs and size differences
3. Humidity
4. Temperature
5. Water - type - for both misting and soaking dish
6. Materials used for substrate
7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial), wood, bark and other materials.
- How were things prepared prior to being put into the viv.
8. Main food source
9. Vitamins and calcium? (how often)
10. Lighting
11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure
12. When is the last time he/she ate
13. Have you found poop lately
14. A pic would be helpful including frog and enclosure (any including cell phone pic is fine)
15. How old is the frog
16. How long have you owned him/her
17. Is the frog wild caught or captive bred
18. Frog food- how often and if it is diverse, what other feeders are used as treats
19. How often the frog is handled
20. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic area
21. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc)