Always wants to sleep now - early hibernation attempt?

[Throttle]

Yall, its been a minute so I thought I would give an update. After trying new things I think she was bored/depressed. We continued to take her outside and in our deck garden (always under supervision), let her walk around inside, and change the layout of her enclosure more. She has started to come out more, roam around, and explore/lounge like she used to. Shes eating a mix of lettuce with calcium with more and more leafy greens from plants approved on tortoise table that we grow and has been crushing her cuddle fish bone too in small spurts. Maybe the new UV bulb helped as well but we noticed the biggest difference after changing her enclosure layout.

We are getting ready for the changing season and I am hopeful we can have a successful brumation this year.

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

So happy to see you’re back!! I’m glad she’s doing well!

Have you checked out this thread for the brumation side of things? It’s a useful read

Tom's Brumation Thread

Every fall we get bombarded here on the forum with all sorts of questions and problems regarding hibernation and tortoises "slowing down" for winter. The purpose of this thread is to talk about all aspects of this subject, to dispel some of the myths and mysteries, and give a "how to" list of...

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