Hey! Long time no see
I’m going off to college soon, and the tortoises are staying home. Button, my Russian, stays outside 8-10 months of the year in his 8x8 outdoor enclosure. In the winter, I keep him in a 28 square foot kiddy pool. However, this gets mulch all over my room and my sister is stealing my room, so I kinda want to get rid of it since it only gets used about 4 months of the year.
Is it possible to keep Russians outside year round with a heated night box without them just hibernating? Or is hibernation inevitable when outdoors? I’m not sure I’m confident that I could get him safely into brumation when I’ll be away at school most of the time.
I’m going off to college soon, and the tortoises are staying home. Button, my Russian, stays outside 8-10 months of the year in his 8x8 outdoor enclosure. In the winter, I keep him in a 28 square foot kiddy pool. However, this gets mulch all over my room and my sister is stealing my room, so I kinda want to get rid of it since it only gets used about 4 months of the year.
Is it possible to keep Russians outside year round with a heated night box without them just hibernating? Or is hibernation inevitable when outdoors? I’m not sure I’m confident that I could get him safely into brumation when I’ll be away at school most of the time.