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If he is inside he isn't hibernating.25 degrees is to hot for hibernation. They prepare to sleep when temperatures are around 10 12 degrees and sleep between 5 and 8 degrees. I saw in another thread that hermann breeding method is very different in your countrys.so i prefer let someone in us...

I'm very surprise to ear that. You can be sure that all the wild population in france including corse and north italia brumate each year. The temperature always fall below 0 degrees anywhere in the country. The brumation can be longer in the north but there is always one.i' m petty sure it's ghe...

Thanks.i didn't know this word. It's very strange. Here in france where you can find wild hermans every breeder say that herman ( hermanni or boettgeri) must brumate even if she is small. And it is not advisable to buy a tortoise that has never hibernated. I dont understand. You keep your...

"Brumation"? Sorry i don't understand what do you mean. For a herman tortoise it's necessary to hibernate. It's essential if you want a healthy tortoise.a herman wich hibernate have a longer life... the only case where it is better not to hibernate the tqortoise is when she is sick. So you...

Hermann tortoises should sleep during winter...

mine are also less active right now. what is the outside temperature? Winter is coming here and they are preparing to hibernate. They eat less, sleep longer. All is normal.keeping them inside during winter and put them under spot isn't natural.

I have new pics of the male :

Your tortoise don't live outside? hermans should live outside all the year.Keeping them in house is never good for them. Here in france, herman tortoise is the most common tortoise. Good breeders advise to keep them outside in a protect area from the first year. They should hibernate outside...

I don't think. They all eat a lot and are active all day. Just don't grow. They are still very young, maybe it's normal. Let's see in one or two months.

I use a kitchen scale but its right, i don't weigh them at the same time.sometimes after bath, sometimes morning... the first arrived the 20 of june. she was weighing 57 g. since this day, one week she weight 61g, an other 55g or 63... So during 4 months her weigh didn't really change. I don't...

Of course tom I will create a new thread to follow their evolution.

i forgot to update this post... unfortunately this poor tortoise died few days ago. I tried to feed her with syringe (critical care) during all the days i had her but there has been no improvement. Near the end we started an antibiotic treatment because of her jaw but no results. Today i still...

Thanks. I'll post several over pics when they will be at home. :)

Thanks guys ! the ambient temperature is around 27 degrees but under the basking spot the temperature is 33 degrees (solar raptor 35 w). I have a 150 w CHE, which maintain the ambient temperature. Just under it the temperature is around 37 degrees. humidity is very high in the sides of the...

Hi ! I know that humidity for sulcata babies should be around 80. In my enclosure the humidity level is always around 95.there is humidity on the walls all the day. Is this a problem for my tortoises? The temperature is around 27 degres night and day.