Hibernation

[ruthiepo]

Hi Tabby from Kent!

your Tgg is an old-timer just like my Joe and will definitely need to go outdoors.

The temperature MUST be below 10C, ideally around 5C, for a tortoise to hibernate. Your spare bedroom will be far too warm.

If you can rely on steady cold temperatures you could use a shed or garage, but here in Kent I had to give up and buy a fridge to hibernate Joe.

Happy to answer any questions

Hello Joe's Mum from Chippenham UK
We have acquired Terri from a farm park that was closing due to covid this summer.
We have been told she is in her thirties.
We have had great fun getting to know her and our grandchildren really like her, she seems to enjoy being petted and spoilt by children.
I have been very interested in the photos you have posted about Joe and his cold frame, etc. and I am looking for advice about hibernation for Terri.
She is an Eastern Hermann's I believe, has never been ill or been to the vet or microchipped.
Apparently she has organised her own hibernation some years and just turned up in the spring!!
We want to take good care of her so advice would be gratefully received.
All the best
Ruth

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Ruth: Have you had a chance to read this thread: https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/sticky-hermanns-tortoise-care-sheet-updated.101410/

 

[ruthiepo]

Hi Ruth: Have you had a chance to read this thread: https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/sticky-hermanns-tortoise-care-sheet-updated.101410/

Thank you Yvonne, am lo

 

[Golden Greek Tortoise 567]

Read this one as well it’s our newer one...

The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...

www.tortoiseforum.org

 

[ruthiepo]

Thank you Yvonne, am looking at this, very helpful, thank you

 

[ruthiepo]

Read this one as well it’s our newer one...

The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...

www.tortoiseforum.org

Thank you, very kind.