28-02-2022, 11:58 AM | #1 |
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Up and about on 27th February 2022
One of mine is up yesterday, 27th Feb which is over two weeks earlier than usual. Much colder today though and staying under cover.
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28-02-2022, 12:18 PM | #2 |
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Mine are still down, but I can see they are slowly moving under the soil:0)
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My box turtles are starting to wake up, but the tortoises are still sound asleep.
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yes mine too till yesterday but even then they went back into digging sleeping , despite warmth ....whats the temps like where you are Yvonne?
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Well that's all of mine up too. All seemed to have done OK in the garage where they hibernate in wooden boxes I made which seem to do a good job.
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I still have seven asleep but they will be up by the end of the week.
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what were the boxes made of ? don't say wood !! just interested because I did some wooden boxes too and newspaper instead of straw. was worried the potential combination of wood and dampness of paper might affect hibernation, but in fact they didn't seem to lose so much moisture. Mine are all up and eating too, but then again mini heat wave ! they must know....
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They were made of wood
Sorry had to do it. They are made from planks of wood that are 6x1 inches cut to two foot long then all screwed at each end to make a square. Then a piece of 9mm ply wood cut to the size of the square and screwed to the bottom and another piece the same size attached to the top with some hinges and hey presto a box. I also in some of them put a pieof the 6x1 down the middle to divide in two so if I'm putting torts from different groups they can be kept separate. For bedding I just use chopped straw. |
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wow temperatures really were low last night - water frozen in the dishes. !
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Yes we had a very hard frost but fortunately all the torts were wrapped up with their heaters on. Now sadly have a very brown magnolia!
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