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    Tortoise trying to hibernate

    Sorry. Spur thighed 2 years old 35 degrees basking temp and 18-20 at night. I’ve attached a recent picture but we now have a UVB lamp rather than a heat/UV combined lamp based on this forums recommendation. We think his mind has switched to trying to hibernate given the lamp wasn’t working...
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    Tortoise trying to hibernate

    Hi, No matter what we do our tortoise keeps trying to hibernate. Someone who was looking after him broke the timer and he didn’t have UV or heat for 3 days, we think he’s now trying to hibernate. Is there anything we can do to stop him wanting to hibernate? We wake him up each morning, bathe...
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    Greek tortoise - always asleep

    Thank you, I think we’ll change the lighting. Is it 12% you get? And 24 watt? Yes we have a garden for him in summer
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    Greek tortoise - always asleep

    Thank you both, we think he may have had a day or two without the UV lamp on which might have made him want to hibernate. We have the bulb attached. Hopefully he’ll be back to himself soon but he still seems to sleep a lot, he hasn’t lost his appetite though
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    Greek tortoise - always asleep

    Hi Lyn, Here is a picture of the enclosure. The temperature at night is about 20 degree but the ambient temp is about 25 in the day, sorry got my terms mixed up in the previous post. Thanks fo your help
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    Greek tortoise - always asleep

    Hello, We have a two year old Greek tortoise who seems be sleeping too much. We’ve had him for a few months and when he first arrived he’d be up for 8-10 hours a day basking under the light for most of it. Having come back from holiday (with friends looking after him) he now only wants to...
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