Hi. I've just joined this forum tonight. I've had 3 tortoises in my lifetime. My first one was in the 70s/80s and all was ok in the days there was no internet or info! Last year I got my second one, an 8 year old horsefield. I read all the ways to hibernate him in shed, thought I'd done it all well, had thermometer, got polystyrene chips etc then when got him out, he was dead. So we got another one early this year, coincidentally the same, 8 year old male horsefield, we called him fluffy! I've been too frightening to put fluffy into shed to hibernate after our last experience. So he's been sleeping inside his table since September and I look in at him each day as I'm worried. He's been moving about, but still asleep, but last Sunday he was awake, eyes wide open and started moving properly. I put some food in and he ate it. I've read they need to be hydrated once moving so bathed him. Put him on floor and he had potter about. Now he's gone back to sleep. Am I doing the right thing letting him eat and drink, having a mooch about, then going back to sleep for a while, as I'm going on my gut reaction now as opposed to sticking to rules on internet, which led to last times disaster? Any suggestions gratefully received. I haven't any lamps on for him as don't want to unnaturally waken him .