[Suze65]

Originally Posted by Stellanne

Suze, how are you overwintering your elderly male. Just thinking if that becomes necessary here what I would have to be thinking about as I have a number of torts 80yrs+ x x x hugs x x

I think if your old ones are still coping fine with it, then there's no reason to stop, but Sammy was clearly struggling when coming out of it, so I decided to stop, he might be 100 for all I know! But he's well old! I thought it might be difficult to keep him awake, as he has hibernated all his life, but it's been quite easy, I keep him upstairs, in my bedroom, where it stays nice and warm, night time temps stay above 17c even in the coldest weather, I think that makes a big difference. And obviously he's under a nice warm basking light for about 12 hrs a day. And he has done really well.