The Tortoise Table

Hi Nina, thank you.

I hope Doris & Dolly are back to their normal selves soon, and happy Easter to you all

Hello Nina/Lin, A little update on Penny. She is doing really well and she has been able to get some time in the garden recently, when there has been a sunny spot in the garden. Although she is never happy to come back in again :) I've attached a little picture of her enjoying some sun. She always m...

Hi Lin, Nina, Thank you for the lovely replies. It is the strangest thing ever, from not feeding her during the wind down, to boxing her up and putting her in a fridge. I could have quite easily given in a few times but we knew it was what was best for Penny and what she needed to do. It really is a...

Morning Nina/everybody, I wanted to post a little update to let you know that after 8 weeks, we took Penny out of hibernation last weekend. I think its safe to say she passed her (and ours!) first one with flying colours. After taking her out of the fridge we heard movement within 10 minutes and wit...

Thank you Nina, and wow Morocco! Have a fabulous time and Christmas with your family...

Hello Nina/Everybody A little update, it's two weeks tomorrow since we put Penny in her hibernation box and a week today since she went into the fridge (it still seems so odd saying that!) Over the first 3 or 4 days we did hear some slight movement coming from the fridge (not much though and only fo...

Hi Nina,

Thank you, and yes we will be sure to sing to her

Merry Christmas to you and your family and everybody at The Tortoise Table!

Hello Nina/Everyone, We transferred Penny to the fridge earlier this morning. All limbs, and her head were visible, her eyes were shut and her leg moved slightly (which did reassure me!) We weighed her and she was the same weight as when she went in her box, and no signs of having had a wee either. ...

Thanks Nina

Hi Nina, Thanks for your reply, its great to know we are on the right track. Sorry for any confusion, the fridge we have for Penny is in a spare bedroom and not the garage. It's been switched on for about a week now & has fluctuated between 4 & 5 degrees...we have 2 thermometers just incase,...

Hello Nina/everyone, A bit of a wind down update and a couple of questions I hope that you don't mind helping with. We are on day 21 of Penny's wind down. On November 13th, which was 3 days after we started she weighed 1381g, with fluctuations in between, today's reading is 1350g before her bath and...

Thanks Nina, fingers crossed! She is a cutie

Hello, Just a little update, we are now in week 2 of wind down. Penny is so sleepy now, we are putting her under the lamp at about 8.30 on a morning and she sleeps for a few hours and is then going to bed about 2 to 2.30, she seems to be leading the way and letting us know what she wants to do. We a...

Hi Nina, That's a big relief to hear everything is sounding normal, thank you! We have printed out a copy of your wind down table & are reducing lights over the wind down period. We have a utility room next to our garage which we will put her in for the last few days, it does get cold (but never...

Hi Nina/Everybody, We've noticed that Penny doesn't seem to have had a poo for a couple of weeks now, she has had a wee regularly. We are also struggling to keep her under her lamp for any longer than about 3 hours max before she wants to go back in her hide. She last ate on Friday, and as planned w...

Hi Nina, sorry for the delayed reply. Thanks so much for all the help and advice and I keep you updated with the hibernation.

Hi Nina, Thank you for replying, it's great to know it's sounding good and all on plan. You did send me through the winding down record that you had filled in, but not a blank one so that's really useful and we will print it off and use that one. We did have a couple of thermometers with probes on, ...

Hello, A question/advice for Nina please (again!) We have been looking at fridges to hibernate Penny in, and have decided on a under counter fridge which we will hopefully get in the next couple of weeks, we will then set it up and have it running for a while and make sure temperatures are correct a...

Hi Nina

Thank you, we will keep an eye on. We didn't realise she was such a whopper

Hello Nina, Thanks for sending that through, it's really good to see your pre-hibernation countdown plan. I've measured her tonight, she wasn't particularly co-operative so you might have to give or take a mm but she is 7inches in length. Last weight on August 10th was 1371g. Vet did say it was very...

Hello Nina, thank you so much for the quick reply. She really does love her outdoor enclosure, and she is one spoilt tortoise lol :lol: We last weighed her on August 10th and she was 1371g, which is bigger than she was when she went into hibernation last year. She's roughly 8ish we think as that's w...

Hello Everybody, Nina! I am looking for a bit of advice please. Although I don't feel like there has been much of a summer (particularly in the North where we are) we already thinking ahead to hibernation and this year we really want it to work for Penny. We are thinking that the fridge method will ...

Thank you Nina...Yes, she didn't want to miss Christmas lol, but hopefully we'll be more successful this year

Hi Nina, I will have to email you them if that's ok as they are saying they are too big to attach!

Many Thanks
Emma

Thank you Nina, that puts my mind at rest. The vet was pleased with her, and she is anything but lethargic! I am always amazed how quickly they can move when they are determined and have their mind set on something.

I will upload some photos later today for you to see.

Thanks again,
Emma