I really appreciate your responses! That makes sense. I was told to only have my heat lamps on for 12 hours a day so I have them on automatic timers. The heat turns off at school and the timers turn off at night. I'm sure they are cold. How long should I have the heat light on?
Thank you for your response! Let me clarify. They are inside all day long in a controlled environment of 70 degrees in my classroom. Everything was normal with them until the season changed from fall to winter. Now they sit inside their log all day long and don't move around like they used to...
Do tortoises hibernate on their own? I'm new to having them. I have them in my classroom and since the cold (I live in Iowa) they have been sleeping a lot more and cut down on their eating. I just want to make sure this is normal. They stay under their log and sleep. I have a florescent lamp and...
Hi I'm a 5th grade teacher. We have 2 Russian Tortoises that were donated to my class in September. This is the first time I have had tortoises. We are having fun researching them.