Does anyone here have advice on how to remove my EBT from natural outdoor hibernation this time of year? She had successfully hibernated on her own in the pen for 3 winters. Spring of 2007 she emerged with a respiratory infection, probably due to a near drowning incident in the previous fall. She was successfully treated by the vet & myself. She overwintered in the house 2007/2008 just for safety's sake. This past fall, I was considering bringing her back indoors in October, but she voted her choice by digging down 10 inches. Now that she's had the benefit of returning to natural brumation this year, I'd like to cut it a little short. Any advice on how to gently dig her out? The ground is quite frozen in Pennsylvania. She has been very healthy since May 2007, but I'm still a bit nervous about letting her stay out another 2-3 months under the ground. She's 10" down, and then the hole is covered with leaves, both in a pile, and filling a 1 gallon inverted flowerpot over the hole.
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Ending hibernation
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Why do you want to disturbe her? I would think that would do more harm than good? Let her do her thing and check her out when she comes up on her own, that would be my vote.
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Jeff Benfer
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I agree with Jeff (boxienuts).
There isn't any benefit to bringing her up now.
In addition, she may not eat if she was brought up because her
instincts would be telling her that she should be hibernating.
Tim
Third Eye
I'm inclined to agree with the others. You could potentially create more problems by cutting hibernation short. My vote would be to leave it where it is.
