21-09-2009, 09:44 PM | #71 |
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I'm assuming you're talking about the tortoises I mentioned...
Where I lived in California and where I now live in Georgia... January and February are the coldest months. Some of the tortoises would slow down and burry down into the corners of their enclosure. When that happened I would place them in a container with wood shavings and close it up. This I place in a cool area (50 to 60 F) in order to prevent freezing. If it got warm enough that they became active... they went back out. I would never suggest that someone else try this although many people do this with the species mentioned. It's a feeling kind of thing. It's knowing your animal and how it works. This particular note is an observation and nothing more.
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21-09-2009, 10:22 PM | #73 |
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It's not my own... After years of corresponding with keepers of mainly leopards and sulcatas I saw a pattern with those keeping these animals in northern lattitudes. Then I got a group of Cherryhead Redfoots that were unbelievably cold tolerant... Colombian RFs are not. They are the one tortoise that cannot tolerate any temperature drop... in my experience.
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