He has a heated night box that he stayed in from the end of November to the beginning of February. We just built the box this year. In previous years he had a burrow and a heated spot on the patio. In previous winters, he would stay in his burrow for several days at a time during the winter but would come out at least once a week. If it got extremely cold or wet, he would come up on the patio to his heated corner. He was kept warmer this winter than in the past. I was thinking that he was just so comfortable he didn't want to move. When we built the box, I really thought he would come out more since he was kept warm enough to digest food.I pulled Bob out of his hay by the front of his carapace. Then I would gently kick his back feet and he would walk. I also taught him with treats to come or follow my wiggling fingers. He would always follow me. He was 125 pounds. I was 120 then. Every morning I would open his doggie door and he would go out. That's how I trained him. Some people say you can't train a tortoise. But Bob was different. I trained him to do a lot of stuff as he went to Petco so kids could get their pix taken with Bob and Santa. I taught him to play a sort of soccer with a 5 gallon bucket. He'd push it with his gulars to me them I had to kick it around and he would chase it. Once he got it, he'd push it back to me.
Do you not keep him warm in the winter? Bob's shed was 85 or 90 degrees all winter and his lights were on for 12 hours. That's how to keep them up and active during the winter.That keeps them eating pooping playing and everything. How do you keep him, may I ask?
ETA: maybe the problem that it was dark in his night box? Although there should have been light coming in through the clear plastic door panels.
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