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Originally Posted by GemJam
Hi all,
I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year!
My Hermanns is 4 years old and this is her second year hibernating. I do this in a fridge, as it gives me the controlled environment to monitor the conditions.
She hibernated on 2nd November and appears to be doing fine, weight was 245g and is currently 242g. How long would you say is suitable to hibernate her for?
Last year she hibernated for 8 weeks and we are up to that point now already!
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As long as she is maintaining her weight, and all is well, then up to 12 weeks is fine. Better she is down while the weather is still cold:0)
One of my tortoises went down in my greenhouse at the end of October, and will come up when she decides the weather is good enough:0)