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Originally Posted by JerryMaffz
After 4 and a half weeks in his fridge, Jerry passed a small poo yesterday.
It's not something I'm particularly worried about, but it does throw up some questions.
He was wound down over a period of 20 days which I'd have thought more than adequate for a 79g Tortoise to clear his system.
I can only surmise that he ate some of his poo during this period.
His temps have been no higher than 6 degrees throughout the hibernation so surely this also suggests that the metabolism still operates at hibernation temperature.
Anyway, he's staying in the fridge, and the weight of his poo (yes, I weighed it, at 0.4g  ) will be taken into account on his weekly weigh-in. |
Sometimes food still remains in the intestines, which is not a problem in hibernation. And can be quite normal:0)
It urination thats the problem:0)