Thank you, yes we want to keep him awake as we know it’s too late and his isn’t prepared this year. We ideally don’t want to hibernate him but looks like we may need to go that way if he looks like he wanted to this year. Thank you again for your time and advice
Great Thank you Natrah … sorry does that mean you are preparing to wake Jacky? All so new to us. I just keep bathing him, putting him under the lamp and putting food directly in front of him but he is still so sleepy
Thank you all, we have a digital thermometer so will check the day and night temps. It does seem like he is trying to hibernate but we were advised we didn’t have to hibernate him so weren’t planning on it.
He is a Mediterranean species too so will use those temperature guides 😍
So for now if I...
Hi,
We have a 1.5 year old spur thighed tortoise who has been very sleepy for the last few weeks.
We have an indoor table with lots of roaming room, lit with a UVA/UVB lamp which we only turn off at night. He always has access to food and water - he likes kale, cumber and dandelion leaves.
He...