mylittlecholla
Active Member
This question will show my ignorance big time, but here goes.
If my 5 inch long Cal. Desert tortoise is going to be hibernating, does she need an enclosure bigger than 50L 24W and 12H?
I'd rather hibernate her in a heated tortoise house in a large enclosure outside, as the experts on this forum have suggested. We have plans to build just such a habitat for Cholla.
However it's may be a month to six weeks time to purchase and assemble the materials and then to get the butts of my husband and son-in-law moving on this project . Don't get me wrong they're both wonderful men. But neither is at my beck and call.?
So . . . in the meantime, will it harm Cholla to stay in the 50L 24W indoor enclosure if all she is doing in cold weather is sleeping?
On warm, dry days, she'll still have the smallish outdoor enclosure my husband previously built for her.
Will very much appreciate y'all's advice.
If my 5 inch long Cal. Desert tortoise is going to be hibernating, does she need an enclosure bigger than 50L 24W and 12H?
I'd rather hibernate her in a heated tortoise house in a large enclosure outside, as the experts on this forum have suggested. We have plans to build just such a habitat for Cholla.
However it's may be a month to six weeks time to purchase and assemble the materials and then to get the butts of my husband and son-in-law moving on this project . Don't get me wrong they're both wonderful men. But neither is at my beck and call.?
So . . . in the meantime, will it harm Cholla to stay in the 50L 24W indoor enclosure if all she is doing in cold weather is sleeping?
On warm, dry days, she'll still have the smallish outdoor enclosure my husband previously built for her.
Will very much appreciate y'all's advice.