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This just started a few days ago since Willow ( she is now 3 months old) has never dug or burrowed in her bedding before, I hope she isn't trying to "hibernate"? She will go in her log and dig out the cypress mulch bedding.. right down to the enclosure's wood floor. even after she's done that, she continues to scrape her claws on the bare wood. then once she has a nice hole, she settles down and goes to sleep. Problem is.. our weather has gotten MUCH colder here, we had snow the other day and willow will sleep ALL day in her log if allowed to.. only coming out for going to the bathroom and later at night.. eating like crazy. I noticed she is chomping alot more on her cuttle bone too.. despute the repti cal with vit D3 I give her daily on her food. I use a Solar glo 125 watt mercury vapor lamp and a 26 watt vita lite. Both stay on a max of 12 hrs on a timer. at night I use a 100 watt nocturnal heat glo lamp. Is this nocturnal activeness hormal for a sulcata? I do know they are not supposed to hibernate. her enclosure stays humid with 90% humididy( according to the hygrometer) and the day temp is 95 degrees.. night temp I keep at 72 degrees. her mood is a bit on the ornery side lately too been bit 4 times in the last two days. She is also biting everything in her enclosure. I know some tortoises do burrow but wonder why Willow hans't untill now with the snow? do I need to change something?