hibernation

Hello everyone! I’ve posted about my tortoises before and know there are threads about hibernation but I’m posting this question because I’m dizzy from reading and my thumbs are aching. I have 2 desert tortoises, 5 years old and I must hibernate them. One is asleep in his cave for a couple days...

So my first hibernation season has been a disaster. My Russian tortoise is an adult, we’re unsure of age since she was found wondering the streets. The vet said she was probably a young adult, but she was malnourished. Anyways fast forward and she’s a happy health tort with a large 15x15 ft...

Hello everyone, I have a rescue tortoise that came to me in pretty bad shape last year. To get his health and weight up he didn't hibernate last winter and presumably never has. Sucellus has been hibernating for three weeks now and in his last two weigh ins he had poop in with him. The first...

Murphy just turned 1 and we were told not to let him brumate for the first 3 years. Is this true? And if not, how to we prepare him for brumation? We live in southern California where its in the mid-80s in the day and high-50s at night. He lives in a raised enclosure outside, but has heat and a...

General question about the Marginated tortoise and the hibernation period. Do they need to go through hibernation/brumation? Are their any benefits for and against? After looking online, most opinions are very scattered.

Hello everyone! I just need some direction in how to help my girl. I live in Arizona and we had just moved into a new house around this time last year. It's been extremely hot lately and we've been keeping her outside until it gets over 105, then we bring her inside the house where we have a...

Hello all, I could use some advice! I know it’s a long way off hibernation time but we are considering hibernating our Russian boy this coming winter and I was really hoping to get some advice from someone who has past experience of successfully hibernating Russians. The issue we have is we...

Hello, I'm very new here and do not actually have a tortoise yet, but I've been thinking about getting one for about a year and have been reading this forum for a few months now. I want to make sure I know what I'm getting into before I actually take the plunge and buy a tortoise. My first...

My 5+ year old Russian tortoise lives outside in the PNW. He has thrived and has many areas of sunlight every single day and hot spots and areas where he can always stay dry. He has gone into hibernation the past few years and has done very well coming out of it, I always bring him inside when...

In preparation of hibernation, my adult Russian male has been fasting for almost two weeks (I think this coming Tuesday is exactly two weeks). I've been giving him extra soaks to keep him hydrated. This morning I noticed he pooped just a little bit; it's shorter than an inch long. Since it has...

Hello everyone, I've had my Hermanns tortoise for roughly a year now, making her around 2 years old. Last year I was not able to hibernate her as I did not meet those requirements at the time. This year I was planning on putting her in hibernation around mid-December, but after a doctor's...

Hello All! Quick question. My almost-three-year-old western Hermann's tortoise, Herms, is started to decrease in activity and food/water consumption. I understand that there is a biological clock of hibernation probably for him, however, we are not wanting to do the process of hibernation right...

my 2 four year old desert tortoises have never hibernated. I finally followed my mothers advice and put them in boxes in our basement. After the research I’ve done though I’m rethinking and want to bring them back up. I don’t know if they’ve slowed down eating. One maybe has. They eat during the...

This is the first hibernation season I have had my 20-yr old three-toed box turtles. I have an indoor enclosure where they have been since early October when the weather got too cool for them outside {I live in northern Utah}. I have covered the enclosure with a screen now as I haven't seen them...

Hello, This is my first post so bare with me! We are soon adopting a horsefield tortoise (our first tortoise). Its all been very last minute, but I've done plenty of research. However, due to the time of year (November), the tortoise has gradually stopped eating and so hasn't eaten for 2 weeks...

Hi everyone, I’m the proud owner of a new Horsefield Tortoise named Dash. He is only 5 months old and I only got him this October. I’ve read conflicting advice about when to have lamps and and whether or not to hibernate. He lives indoors as we have no suitable outdoor environment and we only...

I'm still in my first year of having my three-toed box turtles so am still trying to figure all this out. They are 20 years old and their previous owner didn't give any details about hibernating besides they did and she just left them alone. I originally got on here to ask if there were signs to...

Hi guys! My Tortoise is 9 years old and is a Hermann tortoise, we got him last year and tried to hibernate him by starving him of food and keeping him hydrated, me and my mum at the time were wondering why he was looking at us like what the f**k! And then contacted his previous owner to find out...

I have two ornate box turtles in an outside enclosure. One of the females had a clutch over the winter. I've found one baby the size of a quarter. He is out and about. When do I need to bring this little one in and start caring for it? Or should I leave him in the outside enclosure and just...

I have a 30+ . CA desert tortoise that woke up from an over 4 month hibernation on 3/12...(kept in box in garage). Took him outside and, as usual he had low activity...but last evening a light rain started and he was moving around trying to drink some of the water and making a short odd guttural...