Accidentally woken up my tortoise from hibernation (female, aprox.3 years old).

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Hiiiii,
I am a bit worried about my tortoise (female, 3 years aprox.)
She is an inside tortoise, She entered hibernation late November 2023, and I live in a really irregular temperature environment.
And i accidentally woke her up 4 days ago.
When I woke her up I was cleaning her enclosure,
After a period of time i’been soaking her in lukewarm water.
She’s been drinking water but I am worried a bit about her because she’s been drowsy and sleeping a lot, also she’s not eating a lot .
Is it normal? What should I do ?
 

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You fed her so now you do need to keep her up. Make the enclosure brightly lit 12 hours. Do not let temps at night go below 70. Get her day temps around 80 not lower than 75 and a basking temp of 95-100. Feed and give soaks as you did before she brumated.
 
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You fed her so now you do need to keep her up. Make the enclosure brightly lit 12 hours. Do not let temps at night go below 70. Get her day temps around 80 not lower than 75 and a basking temp of 95-100. Feed and give soaks as you did before she brumated.
Okay !!! Thank you so much I feel a bit more relieved
 

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Hiiiii,
I am a bit worried about my tortoise (female, 3 years aprox.)
She is an inside tortoise, She entered hibernation late November 2023, and I live in a really irregular temperature environment.
And i accidentally woke her up 4 days ago.
When I woke her up I was cleaning her enclosure,
After a period of time i’been soaking her in lukewarm water.
She’s been drinking water but I am worried a bit about her because she’s been drowsy and sleeping a lot, also she’s not eating a lot .
Is it normal? What should I do ?
Your tortoise isn't brumating indoors at room temperature. It is slowly starving to death and unable to function that way.

Give this a read:

And here is the care info:
 

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