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Originally Posted by jimothy
It's my first year hibernating my two 2 year olds, currently indoors. Not sure if I am doing it right either, but I have done a lot of reading!
So far I have cut down the lamp time to 8 hours a day and peak temperatures are about 28. They are still eating and active though. I'm planning keeping them under the front door stone steps in the old cole store - I am assuming it will be cold enough in there by the time Winter comes. I understand you need to starve them for 4 weeks before putting them away?
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When they are small, hibernation windown should be three weeks.
Week one, normal heat and light, bathe NO FOOD
Week two reduce each end of the day by an hour, bathe NO FOOD
Week three they should be ready by the end to hibernate them.
I would try and use a thermometer to help keep an eye on temps when they are down. If you box them just make a hole in the top of both boxes so you can do this:0)
My tortoises never had 12 hrs of heat and light, as most were asleep around 5clock pm so just turned the heat/light off:0)