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Originally Posted by mediterraneansuze
I used to hibernate mine, but when I came here, people were saying don't hibernate this sub species. But I did for about 35 years.
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I hibernated my group of graecas when I had them too. They did tend to have a shorter hibernation though. Graecas were the reason I started to hibernate mine in the GH soil. As I had one female that didn't seem to thrive using the box method (this was around 17yrs ago) In her previous home she was left to hibernate in the garden for over 25yrs. Which I was not going to do. So after two years of boxing her and her not coming out of hibernation easily. I decided the next year to let her dig down in the GH soil. She thrived, so after that all my adult tortoises have dug down in the GH for hibernation. So much easier and they are in control of when they come out of hibernation not me:0)