I've owned my Hermanns, Ella, for basically 7 months now. Ella being my first Tort, I've observed her during the winter and now going into the summer months. I bought Ella from Petsmart, so I didn't have the pleasure of raising her from a hatchling. I know Hermanns are not the most active Torts and especially females and they're less active during the winter.
Even though she lives indoors, my wife and I notice she is more active when its a nice day. I have her "sun" scheduled to be on from 7am-8pm. Normally she will get up around 9-10am and will go back to bed between 1-3ispm. So on a good day she is up for about 6 hours. She seems to becoming more active now during the summer months (even though shes inside). During the 6ish hours shes up, thats when she gets soaked and fed and typically we don't wake her back up once she goes back to bed.
I was wondering what other Hermanns do on a daily basis...How long during the day is your tort up and about? What is your torts daily routine? How long do they sleep?
Even though she lives indoors, my wife and I notice she is more active when its a nice day. I have her "sun" scheduled to be on from 7am-8pm. Normally she will get up around 9-10am and will go back to bed between 1-3ispm. So on a good day she is up for about 6 hours. She seems to becoming more active now during the summer months (even though shes inside). During the 6ish hours shes up, thats when she gets soaked and fed and typically we don't wake her back up once she goes back to bed.
I was wondering what other Hermanns do on a daily basis...How long during the day is your tort up and about? What is your torts daily routine? How long do they sleep?