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bradtort
at Thu Oct 15 10:45:08 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bradtort ]
>>Thanks for the info.
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>>If I keep them in an outdoor, planted enclosure, how do I stop them from eating? Seems as if nature would regulate that behavior, or no?
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That's true. When I kept mine outdoors most of the time they would slow down a little before the weather changed, and then I'd bring them indoors for a few weeks before starting hibernation. When indoors they would continue to eat probably because the temperatures were higher than outdoors. I'm in the Midwest and the summer to autumn change could be more dramatic with drops to around freezing and more rain.
Outdoors they would probably stop eating on their own. I wouldn't give them any extra food when it looks like they are going to hibernate. The sometimes more colorful or fragrant foods I can offer from the kitchen are more tempting than the dull green stuff that grows in their pen.
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RE: When should Russians start to hibernate? - bradtort, Thu Oct 15 10:45:08 2009