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    Waking up my hibernating Russian tortoise

    Thank you so much for your knowledge and information it’s given me lots of reassurance and will be good for next year. My tortoise woke on the 16th Feb. he’s eaten well since then and urinated but no bowel movement. He’s under a lamp during the day. I’ll be happy when he’s been!!! Thank...
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    Waking up my hibernating Russian tortoise

    Thank you, he is in proper substrate in a plastic box (with air holes) and then in a polystyrene outer box again with air holes. I do have an inner and outer temperature probe, I’m not sure it gives the lowest recording levels So will check, I just tend to read it on the day I check. its pretty...
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    Waking up my hibernating Russian tortoise

    Hi All im new here. Hello to everyone. i placed my Russian in hibernation in the middle of November, prior to this he displayed all the signs of being ready to hibernate. He took a few days to settle. He is12 years old. the weather at the moment is freezing. My tort is in an adjoining garage...
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