fridge hibernation

[bruce75]

got up today and my fridge was sitting at 11 degrees!!all torts are still asleep just now the fridge temp is dropping again.i take it they will be oc as long as they dont wake up?

cheers

bruce

[Gordon]

If they are still asleep they should be ok why did the temps rise and then fall

[bruce75]

the only thing i can think of is my 2year old has managed to open it!will have to get a lock for it now
cheers
bruce

[Bindi]

I agree with turnip, they should be ok, just check that they haven't urinated, if they have you should probably get them up

[alley cat]

I had the opposite problem at the weekend, my fridge dipped to 0.3 so I put in another probe as it had been fine for weeks, that one read -2.4 total panic struck me then as I thought 9 torts would be getting up blind or worse, I opened the door, turned off the fridge, removed the 4 young ones and started to wake them, they all are now eating etc and appear ok, the others I put into the boxes they were in last year and they are now in the outhouse, I did get Doris up though as she looked a bit puffy.
I still dont know why it happened or which temp reading was correct but that is the end of my fridge hibernations, next year back to the boxes!!
Fingers crossed that they will all be ok when they get up

[SarahC]

Originally Posted by alley cat

I had the opposite problem at the weekend, my fridge dipped to 0.3 so I put in another probe as it had been fine for weeks, that one read -2.4 total panic struck me then as I thought 9 torts would be getting up blind or worse, I opened the door, turned off the fridge, removed the 4 young ones and started to wake them, they all are now eating etc and appear ok, the others I put into the boxes they were in last year and they are now in the outhouse, I did get Doris up though as she looked a bit puffy.
I still dont know why it happened or which temp reading was correct but that is the end of my fridge hibernations, next year back to the boxes!!
Fingers crossed that they will all be ok when they get up

I hope they are all ok!

[alley cat]

Originally Posted by SarahC

I hope they are all ok!

Thanks, so do I, as the 4 small ones are ok I am hoping the others will be.
I had 2 new themometers arrive today so I have tested them all against each other, the one that read the minus figure was 1 degree less than the new ones which means it could have been -1 in the fridge, my husband says it was still stablizing from me taking it out of the table and shoving it in the fridge, this still means it was probably only just above freezing point though going by the other one that was always in there