COLD DARK ROOM

[spud's_mum]

How wonderful!!!!!!
he must have felt nice and secure under there and quite sure of his humidity!!!

Still struggling with humidity so I'm hallo that he has burrowed in the nice moist substrate.

Ordered the glass so should be sorted soon

 

[Gillian M]

Evening, I'm ok thanks.
How are you?

Put spuds substrate extra- deep so he can burrow more and keep warm

Am fine thanks.

Poor torts - feel sorry for them during Winter.

 

[spud's_mum]

Am fine thanks.

Poor torts - feel sorry for them during Winter.

Yeah, spuds struggling a bit.
Not very active, have to wake him up and put him at his food.
Even then he just eats and then goes back to bed. I'm fighting to keep him awake.

He has been a little bit more active today and eaten twice. He had a really long bath this morning and has even gone exploring.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Still struggling with humidity so I'm hallo that he has burrowed in the nice moist substrate.

Ordered the glass so should be sorted soon

We all make progress, step by step, you're doing a great job with lovely Spud!!!

 

[spud's_mum]

We all make progress, step by step, you're doing a great job with lovely Spud!!!

Thanks, I think I'm going to try with the sphagnum moss again as he's not very active so I don't think he will be as keen to eat everything in sight.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yeah, spuds struggling a bit.
Not very active, have to wake him up and put him at his food.
Even then he just eats and then goes back to bed. I'm fighting to keep him awake.

He has been a little bit more active today and eaten twice. He had a really long bath this morning and has even gone exploring.

Try and up your temps a bit.
As long as he's still eating he should get over his hibernation mood in a couple of weeks and revert to normal as long as the temps are ok.

 

[spud's_mum]

Try and up your temps a bit.
As long as he's still eating he should get over his hibernation mood in a couple of weeks and revert to normal as long as the temps are ok.

Yeah, I'm hoping the doors will help.
He's got to spend a couple of nights in his table as we are going to on a trip to my grandads. My dad is going to glue the runners on then so no fumes make him I'll.

I'll make my room into a furnace for him. Don't care if I even have to sleep somewhere else as long as he's ok.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I've just had a present arrive from the USA!!!!!
How very exciting!!!!!
But it means going to the New Town again to collect it.
But hurrah!!!!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yeah, I'm hoping the doors will help.
He's got to spend a couple of nights in his table as we are going to on a trip to my grandads. My dad is going to glue the runners on then so no fumes make him I'll.

I'll make my room into a furnace for him. Don't care if I even have to sleep somewhere else as long as he's ok.

Quite right, too!!!

 

[spud's_mum]

montys sleeping on me

 

[Gillian M]

Yeah, spuds struggling a bit.
Not very active, have to wake him up and put him at his food.
Even then he just eats and then goes back to bed. I'm fighting to keep him awake.

He has been a little bit more active today and eaten twice. He had a really long bath this morning and has even gone exploring.

I guess all torts become somewhat inactive in Winter.

Why do you want to keep him wide awake, if I may ask?

 

[spud's_mum]

Quite right, too!!!

I'll have to get him a hot water bottle for the journey

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

View attachment 153804 montys sleeping on me

Don't suppose he fancies going to the post office to collect my present ?
I'd send Tidgy, but she'd take too long.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I'll have to get him a hot water bottle for the journey

Good plan.
At least they're not very expensive.

 

[spud's_mum]

I guess all torts become somewhat inactive in Winter.

Why do you want to keep him wide awake, if I may ask?

I didn't want to hibernate him as quite frankly, I'm terrified of doing so and I haven't even had him a year yet.

After reading about over wintering, I was informed that i shouldn't let him just sit and sleep so I'm trying my best

 

[Gillian M]

I'll have to get him a hot water bottle for the journey

A good idea.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I didn't want to hibernate him as quite frankly, I'm terrified of doing so and I haven't even had him a year yet.

After reading about over wintering, I was informed that i shouldn't let him just sit and sleep so I'm trying my best

This is correct.
Try to keep him active (but let him sleep as normal, of course!), offer tasty foods he can't resist and keep the temps up.
He'll be fine.

 

[spud's_mum]

Sleeping beauty

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Sleeping beauty
View attachment 153805

Sweet!
So a post office run is out of the question, then ?

 

[Gillian M]

I didn't want to hibernate him as quite frankly, I'm terrified of doing so and I haven't even had him a year yet.

After reading about over wintering, I was informed that i shouldn't let him just sit and sleep so I'm trying my best

I don't make an issue about hibernating. (Am not saying you are, so please don't misunderstand me,ok?)

OLI did hibernate the first year; after which he stopped. Last Winter it SNOWED here and temp dropped to minus 10 or so, and OLI was awake. OK, not wide awake like he would be in Summer, but he was not in in DEEP sleep.