Well, I could if I dug around and not sure if I should worry or not. He's got tunnels dug all through his tortoise table(which is huge..about 7 feet long) and I think he's probably hibernating...he is a WC.
Two weeks ago, he slacked off eating and I haven't seen him in 4 days. He is kept indoors b/c I'll be selling my house this spring and didn't want to make him the proper outside enclosure since I'm not staying here.
The room he's in stays about 70-75 during the day and lately it drops down around 60-65. Of course one side on his table is nice and toasty from his mercury vapor bulb and the other side is cooler. I'm pretty sure he's on that side. The room he's in is always hard to heat/cool and I could always crack a window to make it cooler if needed. But I also have my baby russians in that room who are still eating and very active. I guess if I crack a window, I could stick somekind of nighttime heat above them b/c Stoli's in no shape to hibernate.
What do ya'll think? Turn his lights off, crack a window and leave him alone?
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions
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Can't find my adult russian tort
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I'd turn his lights off, crack a window and leave him alone.
Can you move the babies to another room?
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I don't have anywhere else to move the babies. They are on the warmer side(away from the window) but it gets cool there also. I have lots of these ceramic heat bulbs that I hook up for my birds when it's cold. I have some small wattage ones that are much cooler than the mercury vapor bulb. You think that would work to keep them warmer at night when their lights are off?
How cool is cool? How warm is warm? My hatchlings seem to thrive even with cool low 50's nights, but they must be good and warm during the day, which is either Sun and/or ReptiSun bulb to bask under. I hibernate my adults, but keep the young of the year up all Winter. You could probably keep your little ones going fine with basking lights, but I am concerned you won't get your adult cool enough to be safe for a few months unless moved to a cooler building.
Well, when winter actually decides to gets here(it hit 84 today) that rooms gets low 50's and cooler near the window which is where Smirnov is. The babies have a 160 watt mercury vapor bulb 12" above them at the basking spot.
