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Old 08-11-2015, 11:45 PM   #17
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I know I have read varying opinions hence why I asked the question and love to hear peoples opinion - I have read that some people think that as the metabolic rate stays higher when not hibernated it could shorten life but nobody seems to be able to prove this. As tortoises have a long life expectancy (ideally) I guess it is difficult to be sure as there will always be a proportion either way that will die prior to optimum life expectancy. I have heard of people who have kept tortoises for 30+ years and never hibernated them and found no obvious problems and have successfully bred from them also (another belief is not hibernating can cause fertility problems) but there are very convincing arguments on both sides and as stated previously I guess it has to come down to personal choice but it is great hearing everybodys opinions and theories- the more the better:
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