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RE: hibernating

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Posted by: norristhenut at Sun Nov 10 08:36:12 2013  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by norristhenut ]  
   

I believe they do have to sleep, hibernate, through the winter.

I have a large female who produces between 4 and seven eggs a year. I bring her in the house for the winter and keep her in the basement, every three days or so I put her in water for an

hour or so and she takes a big drink and goes back to sleep. I do this to keep her from dehydrating. I have four adults and 5

babies ranging in age from 5 years to 5 months. I keep the 2 year

old and the two 5 month olds awake all winter keeping them moist and warm.

Hope this helps some,

Alan

   

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