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Old 26-09-2015, 09:18 AM   #11
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Awww what a little cutie x
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Old 28-09-2015, 02:12 PM   #12
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It will be lovely for him next spring though x x x. Hugs x x
With the return of the nice(ish) weather I got busy at the weekend so he was able to spend the day outside yesterday. The new garden doesn't get as much sun as the old one but still better than being inside.
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Hi Keith will you be letting Jerry slow down outside or are you bringing him indoors for a man-made wind-down?
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Old 08-10-2015, 03:56 PM   #14
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Hi Jonathan..I will be bringing him inside. I will be aiming for hibernation in January and February (so wind down will begin in December) as these are perhaps the coldest months here. I can control the wind down for this timeframe if he's indoors. I'm sure he would go down much earlier if left outside.
I would hope that in the future he will hibernate in a more natural way like Stella and Sandy's torts, but I'm nowhere near as experienced or confident enough for that yet.
I would be happy to hear member's views on my plans.
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Old 08-10-2015, 08:33 PM   #15
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yes all makes sense ! conversely I've had one or two wake up on Christmas day! it was sort of weird, but nice in a way. CB
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Keith I'm not very confident myself when it comes to the big sleep. But I agree with you that with the tortoise indoors we can control everything more accurately than we can with him or her outside. It's also easier to be certain if the tortoise has been eating anything during wind-down.
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Old 09-10-2015, 05:42 PM   #17
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yes all makes sense ! conversely I've had one or two wake up on Christmas day! it was sort of weird, but nice in a way. CB
They were probably waiting for presents..
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Old 09-10-2015, 06:35 PM   #18
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If it is any consolation Keith, I am not really very confident with the hibernation process, which is probably why I do it the way I do. I just have to monitor and the torts do the rest. A couple of weeks ago I was moving the large torts to the greenhouse and the smaller ones into tort lodge. All was ok until today when they have shuffled about and now the big torts are in Tort lodge, and the small ones in the greenhouse. I have hunted for ages for 'lived in a viv' Georgia only to find she is two inches down in Tort Lodge. X x x x hugs x x
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They were probably waiting for presents..
Ha ! I have written a book actually ! About a Tortoise who saw Christmas. They did sit in the lounge in front of the wood burner and seemed to like it. didn't actually go anywhere the whole Christmas!

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If it is any consolation Keith, I am not really very confident with the hibernation process, which is probably why I do it the way I do. I just have to monitor and the torts do the rest. A couple of weeks ago I was moving the large torts to the greenhouse and the smaller ones into tort lodge. All was ok until today when they have shuffled about and now the big torts are in Tort lodge, and the small ones in the greenhouse. I have hunted for ages for 'lived in a viv' Georgia only to find she is two inches down in Tort Lodge. X x x x hugs x x
do you know Stellanne, I reckon you are right. I find it much easier when they hibernate naturally because they do all the planning and work. I've had to dig a couple of mine up and put them somewhere drier that's the only thing. They didn't seem to mind too much. this time of year all I hear is scraping and bums in air ! Not many people except TK's can say that surely !! CB
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If it is any consolation Keith, I am not really very confident with the hibernation process, which is probably why I do it the way I do. I just have to monitor and the torts do the rest. A couple of weeks ago I was moving the large torts to the greenhouse and the smaller ones into tort lodge. All was ok until today when they have shuffled about and now the big torts are in Tort lodge, and the small ones in the greenhouse. I have hunted for ages for 'lived in a viv' Georgia only to find she is two inches down in Tort Lodge. X x x x hugs x x
Hi Stella..will the little ones be hibernated the same way as your adults? If so, would the length of their hibernation be shortened artificially by temperature management? Is this why you are segregating them, or trying to.
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