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    Hibernation help

    He weighs 1.5kg and is 19.5 cm long so quite a petite fellow - fits nicely into the salad crisper with space to move about a little bit. I thought I'd go for one of those counter top fridges without a freezer compartment....something like this: http://www.argos.co.uk/product/3317893 What do you...
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    Hibernation help

    Thanks so much, that's really reassuring. We are also in the UK, very strange weather this winter. He's currently in the drawer of our own fridge. I'll pop out and get him his own small fridge tomorrow, it will definitely ease my mind as I worry about him in the shed with fluctuating...
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    Hibernation help

    Hi, I inherited a spur-thighed (probably Greek) tortoise early this Spring via an elderly friend of the family - he's around 80 years old. He's been hibernating using the box system in our shed but, as it was very mild today, I popped out to check the thermometer in his box which was at 9...
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