sleepy tortoise
Posted: 29 Jun 2021, 13:10
Hi again,
I last wrote in the autumn/late summer I think when Sheldon our tortoise was trying to go off and hibernate and you gave me advice about keeping him going. We managed to get him going again and he had a very busy winter marching about our house and going too and from his lights, waking up of his own accord. He now seems to be doing the same again - he had a spell outside in the garden when it was warmer but I bring him in when it's cooler and keep putting him under his lights but he just keeps going off to find the darkest hole to hide. I get the feeling that if I didn't wake him up each morning and put him under his lights he wouldn't get up! But I feel cruel when I keep on waking him up!
Should I let him have a proper sleep?
Many thanks
Amber
I last wrote in the autumn/late summer I think when Sheldon our tortoise was trying to go off and hibernate and you gave me advice about keeping him going. We managed to get him going again and he had a very busy winter marching about our house and going too and from his lights, waking up of his own accord. He now seems to be doing the same again - he had a spell outside in the garden when it was warmer but I bring him in when it's cooler and keep putting him under his lights but he just keeps going off to find the darkest hole to hide. I get the feeling that if I didn't wake him up each morning and put him under his lights he wouldn't get up! But I feel cruel when I keep on waking him up!
Should I let him have a proper sleep?
Many thanks
Amber