Hi,
I have two delightful Herman's Juveniles. Shell hatched July 2011 and Tiger August 2011. For the last two winters I have kept them awake using UV and heat lamp and feeding grown weeds and they have done really well. This year my breeder and other advice suggested a short hibernation would keep them in tip top health so I began to research a suitable place to do this. I was given a camping fridge but it went too low and so investigated an incubator which can also go to hibernation temperatures. When I asked shops I was advised that they were probably too young. I then checked their measurements against Jacksons Ratio. Shell is 90cms and weighs 136g, that puts her at the very start of the graph. Tiger is only 70cms and weighs 95g, she isn't even on the graph. So now I'm wondering whether to keep them awake again. That's quite a relief but I want to do the best for them. Advice...........................................:
I have two delightful Herman's Juveniles. Shell hatched July 2011 and Tiger August 2011. For the last two winters I have kept them awake using UV and heat lamp and feeding grown weeds and they have done really well. This year my breeder and other advice suggested a short hibernation would keep them in tip top health so I began to research a suitable place to do this. I was given a camping fridge but it went too low and so investigated an incubator which can also go to hibernation temperatures. When I asked shops I was advised that they were probably too young. I then checked their measurements against Jacksons Ratio. Shell is 90cms and weighs 136g, that puts her at the very start of the graph. Tiger is only 70cms and weighs 95g, she isn't even on the graph. So now I'm wondering whether to keep them awake again. That's quite a relief but I want to do the best for them. Advice...........................................: