Hi all.
I have a couple of.."scratchy" questions!
They are the sort of easy answer questions that scratch and naw away in your head and won't go away. (well in my head anyway!)
I can't find a definitive answer with Google.
Here they are.
1.. maximum 10% weight loss during brumation.....
Is this taken from
A..the weight they are before the 3/6 week wind down..or..
B..from when you pop them in the fridge?
Bearing in mind that if ..A.. their metabolism will be faster in the first 2.. warm weeks.. before slowing down to their brumation maintenance speed.
(So a reasonable amount of weight loss would happen in this period, ..before the fridge.
Potentially they could go from a good weight to underweight in this period?)
Or
Is it B.
From when they pop in the fridge?
2..reptibark... used by many.
It's red, and I saw a video by a breeder saying that red reptibark can be toxic to tortoises and terrabark which is light brown should be the choice.
There you go... please someone help stop these scratchy questions😁
I have a couple of.."scratchy" questions!
They are the sort of easy answer questions that scratch and naw away in your head and won't go away. (well in my head anyway!)
I can't find a definitive answer with Google.
Here they are.
1.. maximum 10% weight loss during brumation.....
Is this taken from
A..the weight they are before the 3/6 week wind down..or..
B..from when you pop them in the fridge?
Bearing in mind that if ..A.. their metabolism will be faster in the first 2.. warm weeks.. before slowing down to their brumation maintenance speed.
(So a reasonable amount of weight loss would happen in this period, ..before the fridge.
Potentially they could go from a good weight to underweight in this period?)
Or
Is it B.
From when they pop in the fridge?
2..reptibark... used by many.
It's red, and I saw a video by a breeder saying that red reptibark can be toxic to tortoises and terrabark which is light brown should be the choice.
There you go... please someone help stop these scratchy questions😁