Swena79
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Help!
I had my Sonoran desert tortoise hibernating in a bin with hay like we normally do. The bin had a lid with holes, cracked open, for air. Normally we put him in the garage to hibernate but I had moved him to the backyard for a few weeks because we had lawnmowers in the garage that had a strong gas smell. I didn’t want him sitting in the enclosed garage with that strong smell. Anyway, I totally forgot he was outside and it was raining a lot, as really cold. It has a couple inches of cold water in it and his hay was wet. I panicked, took him out, dried him off as much as I could with a towel, and put him back in the dry bin with fresh new dry hay. Is that good enough or do I need to warm him better first? I googled it and it said to warm him in water to room temperature for 1-2 hours before re-hibernating him? Is that right? 😞
I had my Sonoran desert tortoise hibernating in a bin with hay like we normally do. The bin had a lid with holes, cracked open, for air. Normally we put him in the garage to hibernate but I had moved him to the backyard for a few weeks because we had lawnmowers in the garage that had a strong gas smell. I didn’t want him sitting in the enclosed garage with that strong smell. Anyway, I totally forgot he was outside and it was raining a lot, as really cold. It has a couple inches of cold water in it and his hay was wet. I panicked, took him out, dried him off as much as I could with a towel, and put him back in the dry bin with fresh new dry hay. Is that good enough or do I need to warm him better first? I googled it and it said to warm him in water to room temperature for 1-2 hours before re-hibernating him? Is that right? 😞