Hi there
This tortoise will not hibernate in your home as it’s too warm. Hibernation needs a steady temperature below 10C and above freezing, ideally pretty steady around 5C.
This tortoise is trying to be active outdoors and, in or out, cannot do this without being able to bask.
Being cold-blooded means the tortoise can’t eat, digest food or be active without a “hot spot” at 35-37C either in a sheltered sunny spot or under a basking lamp.
I don’t know how outdoor temperatures are where you are, or whether frost and snow are likely.
Given where you live, this is likely to be a wild tortoise. Bringing it in without lamps will do more harm than good. And, from my experience of having a mature Testudo indoors one winter, stressful for both you and the tort as you simply won’t be able to provide enough space to roam.
My gut feeling would be that finding a safe spot to release the tort would be in its best interests. If you have something like a garden compost heap where it can dig in then all the better. This old tort has done the rounds many times.
I am really not one for interfering unless you really have to and that shell damage doesn’t appear recent to me.
This tortoise will not hibernate in your home as it’s too warm. Hibernation needs a steady temperature below 10C and above freezing, ideally pretty steady around 5C.
This tortoise is trying to be active outdoors and, in or out, cannot do this without being able to bask.
Being cold-blooded means the tortoise can’t eat, digest food or be active without a “hot spot” at 35-37C either in a sheltered sunny spot or under a basking lamp.
I don’t know how outdoor temperatures are where you are, or whether frost and snow are likely.
Given where you live, this is likely to be a wild tortoise. Bringing it in without lamps will do more harm than good. And, from my experience of having a mature Testudo indoors one winter, stressful for both you and the tort as you simply won’t be able to provide enough space to roam.
My gut feeling would be that finding a safe spot to release the tort would be in its best interests. If you have something like a garden compost heap where it can dig in then all the better. This old tort has done the rounds many times.
I am really not one for interfering unless you really have to and that shell damage doesn’t appear recent to me.