12-09-2012, 01:46 PM | #1 |
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Juvenile wind down
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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 |
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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whats the weight loss % 4 year old weighs 150g and the 3 year old weighs 123g |
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12-09-2012, 10:35 PM | #4 |
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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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13-09-2012, 12:33 PM | #5 |
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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.
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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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cheers Dan
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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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