hi all,
devils advocate here. so, i stopped supplemental feeding my two desert torts 2 weeks ago. they are showing no signs whatsoever of hibernation. eating all the grass and rose leaves and strawberry leaves they can get ahold of in their browsing.
today, my big boy ares pee'd. alot. crap! did he just pee away his hibernation (yeah yeah, i know it is technically brumation).
so i soaked him, and gave him some spring mix.
my other DT was all over his enclosure, so i gave him some cactus pear, which he devoured. soaked him also. MY QUESTION:
have any of you, ever, had first hand experience with a desert tort going into hibernation, and then perishing, in that hibernation, from "undigested food in his gut". i am talking vet confirmation of cause of death, as opposed to assumption or speculation. from woodland hills, CA
devils advocate here. so, i stopped supplemental feeding my two desert torts 2 weeks ago. they are showing no signs whatsoever of hibernation. eating all the grass and rose leaves and strawberry leaves they can get ahold of in their browsing.
today, my big boy ares pee'd. alot. crap! did he just pee away his hibernation (yeah yeah, i know it is technically brumation).
so i soaked him, and gave him some spring mix.
my other DT was all over his enclosure, so i gave him some cactus pear, which he devoured. soaked him also. MY QUESTION:
have any of you, ever, had first hand experience with a desert tort going into hibernation, and then perishing, in that hibernation, from "undigested food in his gut". i am talking vet confirmation of cause of death, as opposed to assumption or speculation. from woodland hills, CA