The more I think and hear about refrigeration hibernation the more convinced I am it's the way to go. Seems to take all the variables out of the equation and makes it easier to manage. No doubt that the breeding season can be controled having all the animals exposed to the exact same temperature cycling, cool down and warm up. When mine were outdoors last year for a winter I became concerned when one of them awoke in the spring w/ what looked like scale rot. With this method I could pay much closer attention to the health of my coloney because I'd have access indoors.

A couple questions though...

-Did you worry about the refrigeration drying out the air too much and in turn dehydration the tortoises?
-How did you nest them in the refrigerator?
-How slowly did you bring their temp down to cool and back up wram?

Thanks T.G.

Greg

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