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Old 12-09-2012, 01:46 PM   #1
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Default Juvenile wind down

Hi guys,

just thinking its time to to start woryying about hibernation,

my torts are 3 and 4 due to a house move last year i over wintered just in case they were stressed from move .

had 2 succesfull hibernations before - at the age they are how long would the wind down period be ? i cant remeber last time 6 weeks seems a little long for their age too..

i wont to gte the boys in hibernation for mid december and was thinking at that age 8 weeks in the fridge ???

just want to double check
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Old 12-09-2012, 05:05 PM   #2
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4 to5 weeks, it's not set in stone, for the wind down , as for the hibernation ,You could give the 3 yr old 8 weeks and the 4 yr old 10 weeks.
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Old 12-09-2012, 07:33 PM   #3
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4 to5 weeks, it's not set in stone, for the wind down , as for the hibernation ,You could give the 3 yr old 8 weeks and the 4 yr old 10 weeks.
i was thinking the 4 year old could manage a little longer - with a year off i just want to double check just to make sure!!

whats the weight loss % 4 year old weighs 150g and the 3 year old weighs 123g
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January, Feb and March are good months for hibernation. Certainly your four year old should be able to do all these.
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Old 13-09-2012, 12:33 PM   #5
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i was thinking the 4 year old could manage a little longer - with a year off i just want to double check just to make sure!!

whats the weight loss % 4 year old weighs 150g and the 3 year old weighs 123g
Yes it could, mine 5 yr old did 12 weeks at 3 yrs and 4yrs, just thought you wanted to be carefull.
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Yes it could, mine 5 yr old did 12 weeks at 3 yrs and 4yrs, just thought you wanted to be carefull.
defo being careful this year!! what is the percentage of weight i could expect them to lose??

feel a bit out of touch with a year off
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Old 13-09-2012, 08:20 PM   #7
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10% of the final weight before you put them in the fridge.

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Old 17-09-2012, 02:59 PM   #8
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Old 17-09-2012, 04:01 PM   #9
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also how much weight would i expect them to lose through wind down or is it 10% loss over all or just 10% on final weigh in ???
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