Hello everyone,
I have a lovely Russian Tortoise named Dinosaur that I've had for about 12 years. I bought her young and she is probably around 13 - 15 years old. However I need some help with what I *hope* is her hibernating:
Every year she seems to dig into her substrate for about 2 - 4 weeks. I always start to get nervous, and she pops out of her substrate and demands food and we all feel better. However this year, she has been down there for almost 2 months and hasn't come out yet. I'm very nervous at this point and am about to go in after her. My question is...will she come out on her own, if she is just hibernating, is there an issue with me waking her prematurely/before she is ready to wake up?
I live in San Francisco and we recently had a 4.0 earthquake that shook things off the walls...but didn't wake up Dinosaur. I'm very scared that I'm going to dig up a dead tortoise, but I don't believe she is dead as she hasn't started to smell.
Any help is so greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
P
I have a lovely Russian Tortoise named Dinosaur that I've had for about 12 years. I bought her young and she is probably around 13 - 15 years old. However I need some help with what I *hope* is her hibernating:
Every year she seems to dig into her substrate for about 2 - 4 weeks. I always start to get nervous, and she pops out of her substrate and demands food and we all feel better. However this year, she has been down there for almost 2 months and hasn't come out yet. I'm very nervous at this point and am about to go in after her. My question is...will she come out on her own, if she is just hibernating, is there an issue with me waking her prematurely/before she is ready to wake up?
I live in San Francisco and we recently had a 4.0 earthquake that shook things off the walls...but didn't wake up Dinosaur. I'm very scared that I'm going to dig up a dead tortoise, but I don't believe she is dead as she hasn't started to smell.
Any help is so greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
P