Yea, she’s inside now. I realize in my post I said grave lol, I typed garage! Darn auto correct! She’s in my garage but it’s insulated, I’m just worried how to keep her in hibernation inside. It’s just too warm, even if I turned ac on! I live in South Ga. it’ll be 30 degrees one day then 78 the...
Well I had posted an older thread about hibernation questions and someone posted in it a link about hibernation indoors so I think I’ll just follow that, but any more help is appreciated since I would prefer not fridging her!
Thanks guys, good advice. When I say fruit/veggies, it is more so for approved treats. Majority of her diet is definitely greens. I do trust my vet, she’s a reptile specialist, and she’s raised a lot of box turtles, and the advice was more so to put cypress mulch around her burrow to prevent her...
So my first hibernation season has been a disaster. My Russian tortoise is an adult, we’re unsure of age since she was found wondering the streets. The vet said she was probably a young adult, but she was malnourished. Anyways fast forward and she’s a happy health tort with a large 15x15 ft...
That is a very good point, I didn’t think about rain! I called my vet, he said he’s had several in our area partial burrow and be fine, it doesn’t usually get cold enough for long enough to be of concern. He said on nights where it gets below freezing to bring inside if concerned and put in...
Hi there,
First backstory info:
I’m pretty new to keeping my Russian tortoise. Oddly enough, she was found wondering the streets of a local neighborhood and since I’m a reptile rehabilitator (mostly alligators, removing snakes, and occasional turtle shell patch) they called me thinking she was a...