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hibernation problem

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Posted by: lriddell at Thu Jan 21 23:50:02 2010  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by lriddell ]  
   

Hi there from the lower half of the planet(new Zealand)I have an old three toed box turtle that has been a member of my family for 43 years.She went into hibernation last fall over here about late march early april and would have normally come out about mid august or so.This year she never appeared at the normal time and I feared the worst,she had died or more likely been stolen (they are quite rare over here and priced accordingly)She has the run of the backyard and I poked and prodded here and there but short of a huge excavation just gave up on her as gone forever.The not knowing for sure what had happeneed to her was the worst and she had been in excellent health as far as I could tell visually at least.Imagine my surprise and delight yesterday when I came home and found her sitting there in the backyard!!she had emerged about 4 and a half months late?She looked quite normal other than her face and neck looked a little pale like she had not had much sun tan?and the joins of some of the scutes looked dry.she had a big feed of slugs,mealworms and some jellimeat but did not seem intererested in water at all but it had poured with rain earlier that day?
I found the hole she had come out of and it was just a normal looking hole no deeper or unusual than any other year.Has anyo ne else experienced this sort of behaviour in boxies?especially older ones,also any advice as to wether to let her hibernate again this winter which will be in 10 to 12 weeks time?


   

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