hibernation step by step

[Bindi]

No problem

[MrGaz]

at what age should i start to hidernat my hermans ?

[sandy]

Originally Posted by MrGaz

at what age should i start to hidernat my hermans ?

They can be hibernated from their first year.
I personally dont hibernate tortoises under 30grms. Once over that they are hibernated.

[Pussygalore]

I used to do a very similar wind down etc when I had my torts but the thread was done by Terrific tort who I don't think keeps/breeds anymore, anyway for the years I did hibernate I had minimal weight loss and the adults would go for around 20 weeks. I used a brick built shed with a low wattage storage heater on a thermostat the shed was naturally cold all year so was ideal, it was unaffected by the outside temp, the torts were in a strong rodent proof wooden box in the same bedding as was used in their houses, at the time it was readygrass. They would go down the mid-end october and would have stopped eating themselves by the mid sept so it made life easier to do the wind down.

[becciwales]

That's great. Thank you!! Its nice to have an idiots guide for newbies!! Then you can be sure you're doing it right, I'm going to over winter Darwin this year until I get more confident at tort keeping, but I'll bear this in mind for next year!! x