Recent content by kowen

As I re read your post, maybe what I am seeing is the hibernation. He sleeps all winter normally in my closet. He doesn't wake up, just turns around where he is at. Maybe I just need to leave him alone, like you said soak him maybe but no food. I am getting nervous and just confusing him when I...

He has never been in what I would call a deep hibernation, maybe just the preliminary stages. I have never seen him stop eating like that and slow down, at least not to the degree like what you are talking about. Maybe that is because as it gets colder here he is coming inside to sleep at night...

Yes, he has been pooping occasionally in the spot I have him my closet. Huge poops for such a small animal. He doesn't turn his digestion off, I seem to find his presents routinely. I assume because it is a light hibernation. He moves around in my closet from one corner to the other under my...

Thanks, my gut is telling me to follow his cues and let him sleep where he wants. He isn't stupid, he likes it inside where it is warmer. I keep the house at 68 to 70, maybe 72 during the day. He sleeps in my bedroom closet which is next to my shower so there is a lot of extra moisture in the...

This is my second year hibernating my tortoise. Last year he slept in my closet and that went well. It is a spot he picked. He normally comes in our dog door and hangs out in the house and also goes out the dog door to spend his days outside in the back yard. During the summer, he sleeps at...