Hi everyone from Spain!
This week temperatures has dropped from 18º celusius to 10º celsius during the day and from 10º to 4º during the night. It caused a quick brumation for the majority of my box turtles, some of them adapting well to the new situtation (buriying themselves), but others were caught unprepared.
This is the case of an old T.Carolina Major male which I yesterday saw floating on the pond (water's temperature should be about 8-10º celsius), I pick the turtle and I left her on the ground in a little cavity in the soil, protected by some leaves.
Have you ever seen such a behaviour? Is this a sympthom of illness?
Thanks in advance
This week temperatures has dropped from 18º celusius to 10º celsius during the day and from 10º to 4º during the night. It caused a quick brumation for the majority of my box turtles, some of them adapting well to the new situtation (buriying themselves), but others were caught unprepared.
This is the case of an old T.Carolina Major male which I yesterday saw floating on the pond (water's temperature should be about 8-10º celsius), I pick the turtle and I left her on the ground in a little cavity in the soil, protected by some leaves.
Have you ever seen such a behaviour? Is this a sympthom of illness?
Thanks in advance