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  1. T's mum

    Drinking but not urinating post hibernation

    Thank you rosemary and mark for your input The day after I read your response T passed urates, & again today. He's been with my mum for around forty years, So I have grown up with him. He looks really good. Will stick with the plan until he can be wild again in the garden. It's such an...
  2. T's mum

    Drinking but not urinating post hibernation

    i have decided to wake T this week, due to very cold temps outside. He has been indoors since Monday. Basking under lamp. He has been drinking for three days now & started eating today, but still no sign of urates. He has gained a lot of weight. Have also been bathing in reptoboost. Should...
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    Inherited mums 40 yr old hermans

    Ok maybe I will weigh him tomorrow. He was around 1056kg when he went down. He is quite a lot smaller than joe. Fingers crossed
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    Inherited mums 40 yr old hermans

    Thank you so much for your reply. I know you know exactly where I'm coming from. I have only felt down in the box to feel where he is. I put newspaper in the bottom. Filled it with dust free hay & placed him in the middle. He is under the newspaper now. I think I will have a peep at him...
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    Inherited mums 40 yr old hermans

    Hi Joes mum, I was hoping you would reply, thank you. I will read the thread. When I first joined the forum in august, I noticed that joe has a very similar life to 'T'. Although he had never been under a lamp with mum. The blue slate worked really well in the garden. He has had a very...
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    Inherited mums 40 yr old hermans

    Hi Yvonne, the box has bubble wrap around it & a wooden lid, with a gap covered with plastic mesh to keep any predators out. He is in a plastic shed, the same one for years. It has gone very cold. Will the temps stay steadier on the floor?
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    Inherited mums 40 yr old hermans

    hi have had mums tort since last march. He has always lived freely at mums, so have given him the run of our garden too. Had a good summer, he obviously grazes on clover, dandelion pansies & other weeds. He loves most lettuces, but his favourite treat is banana, slugs & worms! I have put him...
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