Apr 26, 2020 · If you can provide adequate indoor accommodations to keep your tortoise active and healthy through the winter months why would you brumate? Tortoises do so in the wild …

To brumate, cool them down and then just leave them be for the period of brumation, checking on them every few days. Monitor their condition and weight - if their weight drops more than 5 …

Feb 27, 2009 · This topic continues to be one of those never ending debates on TFO. First, I'd like to point out how correct the OP is by stating that tortoises brumate (not hibernate). Knowing …

Jan 9, 2010 · Failure to brumate doesn't seem to stop our beloved tortoise species from reproducing, but I have to believe it does have endocrinological effects. I don't skip brumation …

Nov 24, 2023 · Hi - my Hermann tortoise Mowgli is a little over one year old and wants to stay buried in his orchid bark substrate or in his corner behind the plant all day. He is not that …

May 17, 2011 · To say that sulcatas do not brumate is not entirely correct. Like many other species that do not brumate regularly in the wild, they still have the ability to do so when …

Jan 27, 2023 · Hello! I'm planning to brumate my adult Russian for the first time. So, I've been soaking daily and feeding a lot, which I plan to do until the end of October. Then, start fasting …

Nov 16, 2024 · I have had my Russian tortoise 3 yrs and first time she decided brumate for 6 weeks now. I keep checking on her. I learned that they really don't brumate is that true. She …

May 3, 2023 · To let them brumate "naturally" is to expose them to the same risks as in the wild. Certainly less than 100% tortoises survive brumation in their natural habitat.

Oct 25, 2020 · Similar threads My Russian tort wants to brumate but I don't have the resources.