FitzTheTortoise
New Member
Hello. We live in the Phoenix area and recently became the new owners of a DT (family member who was previous owner moved to Northern AZ). The general thought is the DT is about 15 years old, but no one really knows (he measures 11" approx from front to back of bottom of shell). He was brought to us in May of this year and has been quite active in our yard feeding and digging several "homes" in the garden. Over the last week he has started to slow down and not eating as much. At first he went to his home (the one he had with previous owners), but for the last few days he has been insisting on bedding down on our concrete basketball court behind the ac unit. Obviously, not a good place to hibernate. Then a storm rolled through this evening, rain and dropped temps. We went outside to see if he had once again decided to bed down by ac unit. He did. He was wet (soaked) from the rain. We brought him inside and placed him in a basket in a dark room.
Clearly he has it in his mind that he wants to winter on the concrete, behind the ac unit. Our questions are:
1. Should we just build him a new home and place it back there for him? Or,
2. Should we hibernate him indoors this winter (in the garage)?
or ????
Clearly he has it in his mind that he wants to winter on the concrete, behind the ac unit. Our questions are:
1. Should we just build him a new home and place it back there for him? Or,
2. Should we hibernate him indoors this winter (in the garage)?
or ????