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Ok thank you. We'll continue to wind him down for the next few days then. Do you think there's a maximum weight loss that we should allow before making a final decision as he is still pooing? It's our first year hibernating him so plan to do it for 8 weeks as he's just two and a half. Thanks...

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Thank you for your reply. Our DEFRA certificate just says Hermanns, but when I tried to research before I thought maybe Western. I'll attach a couple of pictures. What do you think?

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Hi, I have begun to wind down my 2 year old hermanns. I weighed and measured him before the wind down and again this wknd. He is 9.2cm in length and his weight has dropped from 157g to 142g over the past 11 days. I've shortened the length of time the lamp is on and continue to bathe him almost...

Thank you. It's amazing how quickly it dries out. It's good also to know that you are adding quite a lot of water each day. I was just a bit worried about causing other issues by having it a bit damper. I'd hate to think I'd caused it!

I've ordered one so hopefully that will arrive this week. I need to find out how humid it should be though! Thank you for replying and for your advice!

Thanks for your reply. It's open topped. My other half thinks it's too damp for him as he's a mediaterannean tortoise, but I've tried to follow different pieces of advice I've read by adding the new substrate.

Hi there. I've had my tortoise for about 18 months and have recently tried to increase the humidity of his enclosure by adding coco coir and sphagnum moss to his substrate. Is there any way that substrate can be too damp? We were previously just using habistat substrate and adding water when it...