Sorry I would have no idea! This is the only forum if been on, I hope someone else knows though!This is way off topic, but I think its a good place to ask this question. I used to go onto the Shelled Warriors Forum about once a week just to gain a little insight into how tortoises are kept in the UK. For the past little while I haven't been able to find it. Has it been dis-banded?
Hi! Im in plymouth and have 2 Hermanns that will be 4 next month. I have never hibernated mine and im not going to. However i know its good for when theyre young not to hibernate them as it allowes them to grow.Hi all, I'm in the Uk (Cornwall) and have a Hermanns tort called Noah who will be two this November! After much consideration and research I'm seriously considering hibernating 'her' this winter. After a suggestion in one of my posts from another member, I think it would be great if theres anyone out there (who has hibernated their young tort in a similar climate before),who wouldn't mind being a kind of mentor via here/ email etc. Someone who can share a few tips and tricks that are tried and tested- we all know how conflicting advice on the net can be! Thanks in advance, it would be greatly appreciated!
Hi! Im in plymouth and have 2 Hermanns that will be 4 next month. I have never hibernated mine and im not going to. However i know its good for when theyre young not to hibernate them as it allowes them to grow.
I'm afraid this is poor advice. It's 'good' for them to hibernate from their first winter, as this is what they do in the wild, and as @ditzyangeluk said, it will lead to too fast growth otherwise. Not to mention completely messing up their sense of seasons.Hi! Im in plymouth and have 2 Hermanns that will be 4 next month. I have never hibernated mine and im not going to. However i know its good for when theyre young not to hibernate them as it allowes them to grow.
Im not too sure yet either as i way always told that not hibernating them when they are younger gives them growing time but i completely understand the pyramiding side to it. However, everyone makes mistakes with their first torts and its not common for their first torts to be bumpy. However, hibernating is what a tortoise does as a result in the fall of temperature and is their way of dealing with it so i suppose that if you keep the temperature the same all year round then they wont feel the need to hibernate. @FLINTUS i completely understnad what your saying, i was rushing when i posted that.You say you have never hibernated yours and you aren't going to? I have read a couple of things;
(1) With Hermanns, they do their own thing and ibernate anyway - how do you stop this?
(2) If you don't hibernate, they grow too quick and possibly pyramid as they aren't 'meant' to be fed 365 days a year
I just wondered how you get around these points as I don't want to hibernate my two Hermanns either
I live in London and hopefully some ti,e in the future I will have my own little brood.
Hi where did you get your beatiful leopard tort?I'm from UK in sunny Cornwall, I have a Leopard Tortoise who is approx between 12 and 18 months I have had her for 12 days now and she is my first tortoise and I love her to bits
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I got my beautiful leopard tortoise from the ark pet centre in Plymouth town centre
