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I don't know i mine ever brumated or just buried but f he did he/she seems to have done so spontaneously , and I belive there was no real temperature change.
So, can/do pacmans brumate spontaneously?
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CokeOfMan

All most all packmans will burry themselves under the sunstrait and when they do so, they cover themself up in a glasslike cocoon to regulate body heat, and he will be taking in oxygen trough his skin because his nostrils are plugged. They burry themselves to escape the heat usally. I have noticed the same thing that you have with my frogs to, my temperatures stay the same to, but my frogs still go down anyway. My thought is that they sometimes burrow themselves after a nice meal. I have noticed that my frogs come up when they are hungry, I feed them, and they go back down as soon as they ate something. So in answer to your question, yes I do believe that packmans can brumate alot because they do it every time time they take a trip down under the substrait. Did you ever notice your packman shedding his skin, that was covering him up while he was down, in his water dish? I believe this is also called estivation.

-Paul

My Pacman usually also buries after a big feeding. I've seen my pacman shed skin, though I'm not sure if he had this layer on him when he had buried for 1-2 months.
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CokeOfMan

If your frog has covered himself copletly and is under the substrait then he has to have the layer on himself because its the only way that he can regulate body heat and oxygen while being under the substrait.

-Paul

Ok, thanks. How does the layer contribute in oxygen regulation?
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CokeOfMan