Thank you for your views and opinions, I guess I'm just wondering will it be bad for him long term if he doesn't hibernate? He currently lives indoors and temps are good.
My herman tortoise is three years old and never been hibernated. I have only had him for 4 months. Should I wait until next year to hibernate him?
Thanks.
I have an ifared heat bulb for my Hermans..is it nesesary to leave it on all the time?? Currently it comes on 7am until 7pm. Then again at 1am until 4am. It's particularly cold tonight, the lowest temp reading in the table is 57 fahrenheit
Thank you, I will do. I'm hoping it's all positioned high enough from the tortoise. They come on a 7am-7pm. Then the heat lamp comes on again from 1am - 4am to prevent it getting too cold. My room is around 15 degrees centigrade at the moment. It's cold in the winter here.
Thank you for this. Is this a better light option? https://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/arcadia-d3-uv-basking-lamp/?gclid=CjwKCAiAsoviBRAoEiwATm8OYEyViKThC6eJkVYQcqMv_hbG_d_sgm9WpTmNNZqnirdlf9S2ysX3EhoCkFsQAvD_BwE
Thank you both for the replies. I think its a combination of a new environment and feeling a little cold. If he was a viv he probably hasn't felt much gradient in temp yet. It is pretty cold in the UK now. Maybe I'll get a stronger basking bulb. It's only 50w the one I have at the moment. There...
Hi there. I've recently got a three year old Hermans tortoise. I've had him for 2 days now and he still hasn't eaten anything. I'm guessing it's because he's getting used to the new surroundings. He was in a vivarium, but I've since upgraded him to a 3ft cage. I'm hoping it's beacuse it's all...