Roodlepoo
New Member
Hi, I'm hoping for some advice on my 1yr old Russian's first hibernation please. I wasn't going to hibernate him this year as he is very young and also had quite a bad case of worms when I got him. (Luckily my vet prescribed medication and his last poo sample was clear of worms before he started to hibernate.) He had also put on nearly 15g in the space of 2 months taking him up to 77g on the 8th Nov. He started to slow down naturally and lost his appetite all on his own, it happened gradually over about a 3wk period but he was having regular soaks and I'm pretty sure that his gut is empty. I was leaving his heat lamp on during the day until recently but his bed is in the cool end of his table anyway but I have now switched it off. As I'm new to this I have been quite worried about him and if I'm doing things correctly for him so have been getting him out of bed a couple of times a week just to check that he looks OK, eyes, bum, shell and he seems fine. I weighed him on Dec 10th, he was 74g so only lost 3g in a month. Does this all sound OK to you guys? Is there something else I should be doing? Just want to do the best for my boy so any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks xx