Budgett's won't eat- time to estivate?

[GrifTheGreat]

Greetings! I have a Budgett's named Minion (if you've been on here for a while, you might remember him- he ate a bunch of rocks and had to be put under anesthesia to remove them- I posted his x-ray on here.) Anyway, Minion hasn't eaten in the past month- normally he's quite a pig. He doesn't appear to be sick. Is he telling me that he wants to estivate? I've never done that before and I'm nervous he will die if I try it. Thoughts?

thanks,
Jenn

You can place him in a setup with substrate and a dish of water. If he goes into the water dish and stays in it then he doesn't want to aestivate. I've never had a Budgetts sadly, but I have heard it can be tricky to aestivate them. Has he done this before at this time of year?

How is your water temperature?