Hey,
my dad's tortoises (testudo hermanni) laid nine eggs in total. Five of them already hatched a while ago while they were still in their enclosure outside. My dad put the hatchlings in his basement with the adult tortoises because he read that they are supposed to or already can hibernate in their first year.
My dad put the other eggs that hadn't hatched in an incubator and yesterday three more hatched. What do we do now? Do we put them straight with the other hatchlings in the basement? Or do we have do give them some time with warm light, food and water for a while?
The problem is that the hatchlings are currently hibernating in a terrarium in the basement and my dad doesn't have another one right now to seperate them. We don't want to disturb the ones that are already resting.
I'm thankful to have found this forum. I've seen that there are already some threads about hibernating tortoises in their first year but I have not seen anything about hatchlings that are only a couple days old.
I understand that there different opinions on whether or not to let hatchlings hibernate. I would love some input or links to helpful resources that discuss the issue.
These are the others a couple of weeks ago:
my dad's tortoises (testudo hermanni) laid nine eggs in total. Five of them already hatched a while ago while they were still in their enclosure outside. My dad put the hatchlings in his basement with the adult tortoises because he read that they are supposed to or already can hibernate in their first year.
My dad put the other eggs that hadn't hatched in an incubator and yesterday three more hatched. What do we do now? Do we put them straight with the other hatchlings in the basement? Or do we have do give them some time with warm light, food and water for a while?
The problem is that the hatchlings are currently hibernating in a terrarium in the basement and my dad doesn't have another one right now to seperate them. We don't want to disturb the ones that are already resting.
I'm thankful to have found this forum. I've seen that there are already some threads about hibernating tortoises in their first year but I have not seen anything about hatchlings that are only a couple days old.
I understand that there different opinions on whether or not to let hatchlings hibernate. I would love some input or links to helpful resources that discuss the issue.
These are the others a couple of weeks ago: