winter

This will be our hermann's third winter and his first real attempt at brumation. He turned his nose up at most food over the past few weeks, except a few bites of dandelion greens here and there, including in the 2-3 days before he burrowed. He has now buried himself in his substrate (mostly...

Here in Albuquerque we got warm again a couple of weeks ago for about a week. Then it went back into the 40s, but now we're coming back up. Today I went outside and saw that one of the map turtles, who I saw swimming around a month ago after the worst of the winter, was at the bottom and...

Hey guys my leopard tortoise, Sharpie is about 9" x 12" and will be 6 years old in November. We built her an indoor enclosure that she's just too big for now. It's 27 sq ft. It's in our sunroom/ extended kitchen area which stretches about 9' from wall to wall. Her outdoor's a little bigger at 48...

My parents have had a tortoise for 13 years now. We've always thought that she was an African Sulcata but I recently came across some information saying that sulcatas do not hibernate/brumate, but she has been doing so every year during the winter months. We have always brought her indoors when...

I’ve had my tort for 2.5ish years now and he is around 3/4. I have previously not burmated(?) them before as I am first time owner, so just ensured the temps all year round as didn’t want to risk him not waking. I will soon be moving and there is discussion over the cost of heating the table...

Hello, we just moved to North Carolina and our 3-year old Hermann has an outdoor enclosure. This will be our second winter with him, but the first one he was indoor only. Does anyone know if Hermanns can stay outside in the winter here? If so, what kind of setup do they need? Or, should I...

Hi there, First backstory info: I’m pretty new to keeping my Russian tortoise. Oddly enough, she was found wondering the streets of a local neighborhood and since I’m a reptile rehabilitator (mostly alligators, removing snakes, and occasional turtle shell patch) they called me thinking she was a...

I am looking for "help" building (quickly) my winter shelter for my newly rescued sulcata. He has a dogloo (actually 2), 3 heated pads and 4 lamps, all as required for him for basking and uva, uvb, but it is already too cool for him to want to be outside his dogloo except to eat. I put his...

Hi all, My 4-year-old Franklin has been living outside since May of this year. He handled the cool early summer okay, but since we're already getting into the 60s at night I thought I should set up some sort of heat for the winter months. I was thinking of a CHE but I'm not sure how I would...

so i live in central florida and my florida box turtle has usually been underground all day with moss atop her, and she hasnt eaten in a while or gone in the water. florida box turtles dont hibernate and she is not, but is it normal for her to not eat in a while through this cold? its been...

Hey all. I look forward to learning from all the experienced members in this forum. I'd recently been looking after my sister's tortoise -Tortilla - while she's been away on vacation. Tortilla was passed on to her by a friend who was moving countries and my sister is new to tortoise care as...

After a long year and a half the pain has finally subsided enough to come back after losing my baby Sulcata to a dog I rescued. I learned such a great lesson that will be with me forever. Although I know I can't own a tortoise at this time I still love tortoises so much and want to enjoy them...

Rusky is a young tortoise, living in a temporary 1 1/2 x 3 ft tank. I got him about a month ago. He was not eating much, but he ate every day. However, he has not eaten for three days now, and has been sleeping almost nonstop, burrowing in different areas around his enclosure. I think he may be...

Hello everybody! It's been a looong while since I last wrote in this forum. I used to have another account, but I forgot which e-mail I used for that one so I made a new one with my current e.mail. Anyways. My name is Nat! nice to meet you :) I have two texas tortoises, Benjamín and Frankie...

I’m trying to find decent pellets for my two Sulcatas in bulk so it’s cheaper. (For when I run out of regular fresh stuff.) All I can find is 3lb plastic jars.