I'll take a shot.
I am going to guess that temp is not the only thing that triggers frogs to estivate. Shorter photo period, humidity, changes in barometric pressure I would imagine could have an effect on them. Their natural instinct is to do this during the cold season. So, in addition to keeping these poor guys in glass cubes for our enjoyment and sake of posting pictures of them on frogforum.com....we keep them from estivating by keeping the temps and humidity consistent. I would imagine they will get agitated because of this. The adult cranwelli we just acquired a few days ago has been a bit overly active. Pacing the glass a bit. Shes eating, looks good, her temps are 75-80, has fresh substrate. I would like to actually let her do her natural thing, but want to make sure the conditions are right first. When we got her we were told she was a picky eater and ate live mice. So far she has eaten night crawlers, crickets, and a few pinkies-even frozen. I dont think a week is too bad, and it probably depends on the age/size of the frog. Has its bowels moved since its last feeding? Maybe try giving it a good soak in some warm water.





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