08-03-2010, 10:21 AM | #11 |
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Hi Paul I have mine in the fridge still, 13 wks fri just gone, 2 Hermanns, dont know they're exact age but we think about 7/10 years old, would love mine to be up, get them out in the sunshine but still very cold here at night -3 and -4, very hard frosts, they do have a unheated greenhouse but even in there its too cold at night 0 degrees, plan is to just keep an extra eye on them for a couple more wks untill night time temps are a bit warmer, my worry is how long to keep them down ??
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08-03-2010, 03:41 PM | #12 |
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A few of us in the same boat then, supper hard frost here last night as well, might push for another couple of week's, near the end of March. I thought the round about Max was 16 week's.
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08-03-2010, 08:38 PM | #13 |
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4 of mine are still in the fridge, will wake them up fairly soon
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08-03-2010, 09:21 PM | #14 |
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3 of my hermanns are still in the fridge-9 weeks so far-am hoping for another 3.Weights are really stable. The 4th is far to nosey and only managed 3 weeks.
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15 weeks so far, hoping the weather changes soon
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09-03-2010, 07:06 PM | #16 |
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Well Spring officially starts 20th March, the average here over the years is high's of 11c, low's of 4c.
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11-03-2010, 06:14 PM | #17 |
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Poor everyone with torts in hibernation still Willow didn't hibernate last year because he was still a hatchling but he's going to hibernate this year Don't know how on earth I'll stand it! Will be sick with worry!
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We will all be here to guide you EB
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Thats great to know Bindi, I will probably need daily reassurance! Can I ask do all you keepers put them in your own fridges or do you all have special fridges? Not sure I'd have room in mine and the kids often don't even bother to close it half the time! Saw a table-top 1 in Argos for pretty reasonable £ - would this be more suitable? xx
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12-03-2010, 11:05 PM | #20 |
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I've got a separate fridge/freezer top part fridge, bottom part freezer, fridge is only used for torts and bottles of water to help stabilize the temps, fridge gets opened every morning to waft some air in and that's all, they're not disturbed at all except to be weighed every friday morning freezer is full of bread and oven chips xx
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