Aestivation

steven nix

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Do box turtles have to aestivate or is it as needed? And is every breed that aestivates or brumates the same on this matter?
 

Yvonne G

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Estivation is just a tool for them to wait out a time when the weather is too hot, so to answer your question, it's as needed. It's the same for all tortoises
 
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