I live in Milan (IT - southern Europe), it doesn't rain too much and the garden has some covered areas where the ground remains mostly dry year-round.
I have now set everything up for a standard indoor hibernation in the cellar, but on the long term I'd prefer him to gain independence as I won't...
In fact about half of the hermann's in my garden were there before I was, and have always hibernated on their own in the garden; they are free and on their own, but for this juvenile I have some concerns as it is his first year in the garden.
Hello all,
I have this 8-year old Hermann's juvenile which I have carefully grown mostly indoor inside a comfortable tortoise table; this spring I thought he was big&strong enough so I released him in the garden, which is big&secure and has housed other Hermann's over the last 50 years. He...