Oversoaking??

[GrifTheGreat]

Happy thanksgiving to anyone that reads this today! Okay so I’ve had my ABF for almost a month I’ve been trying to get it to croak so I started heating it’s water dish, with an under tank heater. The water dish takes up half the enclosure.(20gal long) I was sure to make it easy for my frog to get in and out. The problem is the darn thing won’t come out of the water. I remove the frog from the water and within minutes it hops back in. Can you over soak a frog? The enclosure is kept at 78 degrees Fahrenheit with 80% humility and peat moss substrate. Until yesterday (before I started heating the water) he would burrow and spent almost no time in the water other than pooping. Thanks.

Your frog will call when it is ready. Usually between late spring and late summer. Mine calls periodically within these months. I can honestly say that I have never been able to make him call. Not even if I were to play GABF calls. You will just have to wait. The call is also a very low pitch call which can be easily missedif you are not paying attention.

[Jolan]

Yeah he’ll croak or not when s/he is ready. I’m not to worried about him croaking. It’s more of the question of how much time in the water is too much. I am no longer heating the water dish however the frog is still not coming out. I do occasionally remove it from its water. Ive seen pics of ABFs that look like they have rotted skin on the underbelly.