Our tortoise went into hibernation just over a week ago. We very slowly and nervously took the temperature to forty degrees; she's been at that temp for three days.
We have been very studiously not fussing with her but when she had her first weigh in today, she looked like this:
I know they can be active but does this look right? Her weight is fine and she's looked "normally" buried until today, at least from the outside of the box! She was alert but slow when I took her out to weigh her.
ETA the substrate might look a bit damp in a few spots in the picture; it isn't.
We have been very studiously not fussing with her but when she had her first weigh in today, she looked like this:
I know they can be active but does this look right? Her weight is fine and she's looked "normally" buried until today, at least from the outside of the box! She was alert but slow when I took her out to weigh her.
ETA the substrate might look a bit damp in a few spots in the picture; it isn't.