#hibernation

Hi! I recently inherited a desert tortoise and have no idea what his usual habits are. He began his hibernation mid-December and woke up yesterday (3/19) and immediately ate and drank a ton. He went back in his burrow in the afternoon and hasn't come out again. We're in Arizona and it's very hot...

Hey everyone, I wondered if you could help. We have an 18 year old Spur Thighed Tortoise who hibernates every year in our cold garage. Due to the recent warm weather we've been getting, she's now awake with her eyes wide open. I'm unsure what to do, looks like we have some cold weather in a...

This is one of my 3 Hermann tortoises, and she is 3 years old. I live in Southern Europe, so I hibernate them outdoors naturally. I’ve never had any problems before. This year, they started hibernating at the end of October. As usual, they burrowed under the soil, and I couldn’t see them. I...

Hi, we have been struggling with helping our tortoise gain weight for about a year now. We brought him to the vet for critical care, injections, tube feeding etc. We now inject him ourselves twice a week because we have to stop him from hibernating as he is too thin to hibernate. Vet says his...

Please help I don't know what happened. Our sulcata tortoise was Normal a couple hours ago He had a heat lamp on him And he's in the house With us for winter but we found him Stone cold Not moving And bubbles coming out of his nose. He is stiff as a rock.

Hi everyone. My dog found a young, small box turtle yesterday-in Southern Maryland. We have been having below-freezing temperatures, and the turtle was all closed inside its shell. S/He did not appear injured. I assumed it was hibernating so we placed him/her in a box with a lot of leaves and...

I have a 7 year old Hermanns tortoise. He will not wake up from hibernation. I've tried bathing him daily, I've partitioned off his enclosure so he is in the warmer half as he defaults to burrowing in the cold half of his 5ft enclosure. It's still quite cold here in Ireland at this time of year...

I’ve had my Sonoran desert tortoise for about 6 to 7 years now so I’m not new to this hibernation time. But for some reason it’s already the beginning of November and he has not gone down for hibernation. He used to burrow under my house but I believe he has since outgrown it and wasn’t really...

hi I’m phoebe, my hermann tortoise is turning three and I know he’s due to hibernate this winter can someone please give me advice or send me some links to help. all help is very much appreciated x

Hi everyone, I’m going to be bringing home my first tortoise very soon, it’s a Herman and Iv been spending a lot of time trying to make sure I know everything I need to know and to make sure iv the perfect set up iv bought a 2ft wooden vivarium that will be upgraded once my tort gets bigger and...