I'm in Southern California. My desert tortoise(40+ years) usually starts hibernation around the middle of November every year. He hibernates in a dog house. This year he'll stay in the house for days and then suddenly when it's a sunnier, warmer day he's up again and eating. He was late coming out of hibernation this year, usually mid March, but this year it was late April. My question is should I continue feeding him? I thought tortoises usually stopped eating for awhile before hibernating, but he seems to still want to eat. I have to put out food out or move him to a grass enclosure because I have a pool.