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As a sulcata owner and driver of a Fiat 500 I find it reassuring that your aldabra fitted in your Mini :))

Hello, I just thought I'd let you all know that after 6 weeks in the fridge, I have today taken my 4 year old Hermann Gregoire out of it. He woke up within one hour or so and after a few hours spent basking and after a bath he was already eating like a piglet :)

Are you sure it's a Hermann? Looks more like a marginated tortoise to me. Still looking lovely though :-) Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk

I live in Yorkshire and when I put my Hermanns outside in the summer they often end up hiding rather than basking... the oldest is 4 years old. Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk

They germinate very easily here in the UK but maybe the secret is allowing them to go through a winter outside or you could apply a cold stratification method which, correct me if I'm wrong, involves placing them in a slightly moist perlite medium and in the fridge for a few weeks to simulate...

Hello, I'm in the UK and, because the weather is very variable here, I'm going for the most popular method here, i.e. the fridge method. This winter hasn't been very cold so far... He's only getting 6 weeks of brumation so it'll still be winter when he wakes up.... Sent from my ASUS...

Thank you :-) Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk

Considering that grasses are good for sulcatas and that bamboo is a grass, I was wondering if bamboo leaves were good for sulcatas (wouldn't want mine to turn into pandas...). Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk

Hello, yes he's been indoors. He's currently on his last night of wind down in a cool room at 11-12C. Do you think a bath at 18C tomorrow morning will be about right? I'll then dry him and cool him.... Thanks Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk

Hopefully somebody will advise. If the water is nice and warm he becomes hyperactive after his bath... Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk

Thanks for this. Before wind down his Jackson ratio was 0.193. I was a bit surprised about the drop in weight but since my post I realised that my scales needed a clean as all my torties were weighing considerably lighter. After cleaning them his Jackson ratio went up to 0.184 so it's all good...

I'm in Yorkshire, with 3 Hermanns and 2 Sulcatas :-) Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk

Could be a type of lavender too... Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk

I have been preparing my 4 year old hermann for controlled hibernation as advised (gradual reduction of light and heat, baths and fasting) and now his guts seem clear his Jackson ratio value is on the light side (between 0.16 and 0.17). I was only going to hibernate him for 6 weeks max but I...

It took me 2 hours of continuous search once to find my then 2 year old Hermann Gregoire who had gone wandering in my back garden on a coldish British summer afternoon. I was so glad to eventually find him asleep in an azalea bush. Please don't give up :-) Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad...