jorn
Member
Hello, I'll begin with introducing my tortoise.
His name is Cobus and he is 4 years old, I really recently bought him from a pet doctor who told me to put him in hibernation. Cobus came from outside to a terrarium just 2 days ago. He already was getting slow and non active, but not fully ready yet. The temperature in Belgium is now about 10 degrees celcius, but with transporting him by car and putting him in the terrarium he got active. So I've put my terrarium on automatic 20 degrees celcius.
My questions are,
-does he need a fully wintersleep or just a winterrest?
-should I strengthen him up first?
-what substrate to put in his winter rest/sleep box
-can I wait with just another month so he gets used to the new situation?
- I read a lot about it and a ked many people who hold tortoises, but a lot of people say different things so..
Thanks for the help,
Gr
His name is Cobus and he is 4 years old, I really recently bought him from a pet doctor who told me to put him in hibernation. Cobus came from outside to a terrarium just 2 days ago. He already was getting slow and non active, but not fully ready yet. The temperature in Belgium is now about 10 degrees celcius, but with transporting him by car and putting him in the terrarium he got active. So I've put my terrarium on automatic 20 degrees celcius.
My questions are,
-does he need a fully wintersleep or just a winterrest?
-should I strengthen him up first?
-what substrate to put in his winter rest/sleep box
-can I wait with just another month so he gets used to the new situation?
- I read a lot about it and a ked many people who hold tortoises, but a lot of people say different things so..
Thanks for the help,
Gr