Alright, I've heard a lot of different ways hibernating tortoise species act if your over-wintering them. I've made the personal decision to overwinter my Russian Tort 'Nank for the past 2 winters together (no matter how much research I did it was still confusing and risks outweighed benefits to me). I hear people talk about a slowing down period around now, when they act and prepare themselves to hibernate, but Nank, even though i know he has before since he had to have survived a few wild winters to get to me. But he doesn't even seem to notice its cold time, he continues his business like any other.
So what do your torts do?
If you overwinter is it a fight to keep them awake, do they slow down briefly or do they not even notice like my lil dude does?
Same if you Hibernate: do they start preparing themselves and you follow and prepare, or do you start changing conditions downward and they follow?
So what do your torts do?
If you overwinter is it a fight to keep them awake, do they slow down briefly or do they not even notice like my lil dude does?
Same if you Hibernate: do they start preparing themselves and you follow and prepare, or do you start changing conditions downward and they follow?