Porky

[conservation]

You have a beautiful tortoise! I love tortoise species that hibernate. They wake up just as the grape vines and opuntia cactus are peaking.

 

[janst]

The thought of hibernating terrifies me, some UK owners say definitely yes, some say no. Mine are 3 and have never been hibernated.


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[george.T.tort]

I didn't hibernate mine for the first couple of years because I thought they would be too young to survive it. I hibernate mine every winter now and with regular checks I've not had any problems. I hibernate mine in a refrigerator to keep a constant temperature

 

[Joanne]

Mine is 18 month old and the breeder hibernated him... in a fridge too. I might look for a small can fridge and check temperatures of it. I do have a conservatory that keeps cold, but I don't know how cold... glarg!

I feel that because he has been hibernated before, I am obliged to do it again... thoughts?

 

[jlb1077]

A fridge??? Porky has never been hibernated. So I am a little hesitant to do so now. I was told he was 5-9 years old.

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I was told it depended in where you live also. Don't know how true that is. But living in Florida it doesn't get that cold here.