zippy is doing great, she is an ornate box turtle

[veeja]

Help, should I be trying to get her to hibrtnate ? she is actually growing a tail stumb now, got her a nice light and coconut bedding. she likes her worms, crickets and salads. trhankyou for all your great help, we love each other now. made my daughter take the cats back but kept zippy and koby the dog haoot hollidays carol:

 

[Stephanie Logan]

She sounds very cute. You should post some photos of your animal crew.

 

[cordell]

The hibernate thing is a sore subject around my house. We tried cutting back the heat then food for a week or more. Made our 3 toed a container to hibernate in and put her in the coldest area of the house, a closet with 2 exterior walls and no air/heat vents. Well she refuses to hibernate! In fact when I took her out she tore into food like she hadn't eaten in over a month. It was only 5 days, lol. If Zippy is still moving around and catching bugs I wouldn't bother with it. Also from Zippy being in a bad place before you got it, he/she might need to stay awake this winter to pack on some more weight. Good to hear things are looking up for Zippy!

cordell