Gandalf the Turtle
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Hi!
I have a 1 year old Hermann's tortoise called Gandalf. Gandalf started burrowing himself in the dirt about a month ago, so I decided two put him in the cellar two weeks ago without food. I've been checking on him every few days and he's been buried ever since. I bought a fridge today in hopes of putting him in there, but I have to find the right temperature with the thermometer first. The humidity inside the terrarium is 71%.
Where do I go from here? I have everything else prepared. His box consists of two parts. First, a small 7 by 4 inch wooden carton with holes on the bottom and no lid, which I'll fill up with earth. The second is a cardboard shoe box to shield him from light, so that he won't be disturbed by me opening the fridge for a few seconds to check on him. I've woken him up twice from hibernation accidentally because I moved the terrarium to progressively colder areas.
My big fear is that he could have died, but I don't want to wake him up just in case he's dead.
I don't know what to do.
I have a 1 year old Hermann's tortoise called Gandalf. Gandalf started burrowing himself in the dirt about a month ago, so I decided two put him in the cellar two weeks ago without food. I've been checking on him every few days and he's been buried ever since. I bought a fridge today in hopes of putting him in there, but I have to find the right temperature with the thermometer first. The humidity inside the terrarium is 71%.
Where do I go from here? I have everything else prepared. His box consists of two parts. First, a small 7 by 4 inch wooden carton with holes on the bottom and no lid, which I'll fill up with earth. The second is a cardboard shoe box to shield him from light, so that he won't be disturbed by me opening the fridge for a few seconds to check on him. I've woken him up twice from hibernation accidentally because I moved the terrarium to progressively colder areas.
My big fear is that he could have died, but I don't want to wake him up just in case he's dead.
I don't know what to do.