Why do they disappear

[Firebellyman]

What are your temps and humidity in the enclosure. Some people will put theres through a estivation period and some people don't and sometimes they will just do it on there own like mine did even though everything is the same in the enclosure. But I'm thinking if this is the case he should of woke up by now. What kind of bulb are you using for the light? And yes your right that when they do this you try not to bug them. Have you tried putting him in nice warm bath? This helps wake them after estivation sometimes if this is the case. If you could fill these questions out the best you can it will help determine if there is something wrong.


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. Describe frog's symptoms and/or recent physical changes; to include it's ventral/belly area.

16. How old is the frog

17. How long have you owned him/her

18. Is the frog wild caught or captive bred

19. Frog food- how often and if it is diverse, what other feeders are used as treats

20. How often the frog is handled

21. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic area

22. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc)

1 20 gallon long
2. Just him
3. Hygrometers broken (buying new one )
4.about 70 exact
5 pure spring water treated by me and distilled treated by me
6 plain old Eco earth
7. Where to start multiple live plants a water dish replaced / cleaned weekly and always one roach in case he comes out
8.dubia roaches
9. Calcium every other feeding with the calcium I mix in a rep ashy vitamin mix
10.one long bulb it was on a timer but I turned it off to see if he liked it better
11.light but I'm in Texas so it's easy for me
12 not really sure I left some roaches in but I'm not sure if he ate or they escaped
13.no
15.no symptoms just buried and I don't see him during the day there seem to be multiple holes though so I'm wondering if he comes out at night for food and water
16 he can't be too old I got him really small maybe a year ago
17.a year no problems till now he's been gone for a while
18.captive bred petsmart
19.i got butter worms to try to coax my geckos to eat more calcium but he LOVED them so last few feelings I would give like two roaches and one worm
20.as little as possible and when I do I wear gloves
21.low traffic no one is allowed in except me in the evenings I spend some quiet time handling my geckos
22.i try to replace Eco earth every 3 months some times more often



thanks for your help I dug him up today he is ok and as soon as I stopped he ate right away so I hope he's ok he had a little slime on him but before recently the light was on from about 8 to 7 so maybe I stressed him out with that
all around he is a great frog I'm not so much worried I mean he ate right as I dug him up I'm mostly just curious they are amazing frogs and I hope he gets bigger and healthier as I go