What do you tortoise lovers that live in the northern climates do in prep of moving your tort inside? This is my first year letting my tortoise outside is there anything special you do to move it inside or do you just make sure the indoor tank is ready and move him? Ps I have a Russian tortoise and I live in SE Michigan
Fall ritual for moving torts inside ??
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My leopards I just move. My Russians I hibernate, so there is a very involved process. If I was keeping them up though, I would do just like the leopards.
I do change their diet gradually. I slowly use less weeds and leaves, adding more grocery greens, Mazuri and Grassland tortoise food to switch them to the winter diet.
I do change their diet gradually. I slowly use less weeds and leaves, adding more grocery greens, Mazuri and Grassland tortoise food to switch them to the winter diet.
I have a Russians and leopards. I do not hibernate my Russian. I do nothing special to any of them. Not with diet or amount of food, I just move them and continue feeding normally. Only adding more grocery store foods as the natural foods are now deleting or depleted.
If you are going to hibernate, then there are special things with food and water and temps you need to do a couple weeks beforehand. I don't hibernate, so I don't have those instructions. Someone else will have to help with that
If you are going to hibernate, then there are special things with food and water and temps you need to do a couple weeks beforehand. I don't hibernate, so I don't have those instructions. Someone else will have to help with that
There are several threads on hibernation. Please research carefully. Done wrong, it can cause death. Tom's response here is very helpful.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread...ernate-everyones-thoughts-please.16440/page-2
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread...ernate-everyones-thoughts-please.16440/page-2
