JohnnyB65
Well-Known Member
I’ve had my tortoise for 8 or 9 years now and he has never been out so long in the season. He’s always in at the beginning of October and it’s pretty close to November now. The mornings have been in the mid 40’s F and warms up to around 80 in the afternoon but he’s still coming out in the afternoon although only long enough to warmup in the sun before going back in.
The thing that’s really bothering me is that he’s not eating at all unless he’s eating bugs inside his burrow. I don’t know that they do, but I saw a YouTube video of one eating a mouse and I’m not sure if it was actually a desert tortoise that I saw.
I really don’t want to bring him in for the winter because he’s too big and I don’t know what to do.
The thing that’s really bothering me is that he’s not eating at all unless he’s eating bugs inside his burrow. I don’t know that they do, but I saw a YouTube video of one eating a mouse and I’m not sure if it was actually a desert tortoise that I saw.
I really don’t want to bring him in for the winter because he’s too big and I don’t know what to do.