Anthony Willett
New Member
Hi,
I have a 7 year old tortoise that I’ve prepared for hibernation by starving her and bathing. I’ve put her in a non heated room at about 12 degrees C (for a couple days) where she doesn’t move much and just sleeps. But when I take her out and bathe her, she becomes quite active i.e walking around, and eyes wide open. Then when I put her back in the non heated room she’s still quite active and scratches around in the shoe box I’ve prepared for her. Can you hibernate a tortoise in this active state? Or is this quite dangerous. I feel like I’m forcing her to hibernate.
This is her first hibernation and was advised by multiple websites that she should hibernate for 3 weeks.
Thanks for reading.
I have a 7 year old tortoise that I’ve prepared for hibernation by starving her and bathing. I’ve put her in a non heated room at about 12 degrees C (for a couple days) where she doesn’t move much and just sleeps. But when I take her out and bathe her, she becomes quite active i.e walking around, and eyes wide open. Then when I put her back in the non heated room she’s still quite active and scratches around in the shoe box I’ve prepared for her. Can you hibernate a tortoise in this active state? Or is this quite dangerous. I feel like I’m forcing her to hibernate.
This is her first hibernation and was advised by multiple websites that she should hibernate for 3 weeks.
Thanks for reading.