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Steve Graffham · 02-03-2015, 06:53 PM

I have kept a breeding trio of hermanns for several years and last July we moved from Essex to Buckinghamshire. The torts didn't seem overally impressed with being moved and subsequently the male and one of the females stopped feeding in August and decided to hide up or bury themselves. No matter what I did, they couldn't be pursuaded to get up and bask either outside or under the lamps. I decided that the only thing to do would be to hibernate them and hope that things would return to normal after a few weeks hibernating. The trio have been out of hiberbnation for just over 2 weeks now and the same two are acting just the same by not wanting to come out of their night quarters and quickly returning there if brought out under the lamps.
I have shut off the sleeping quarters during the day so that they have been forced to warm up and feed a little but as soon as i allow access to the sleeping area, the same 2 quickly scuttle back in there and don't come out again. I have wormed them and have been giving them baths every day all to no avail.
The original housing was moved with them and the temperatures both in the basking and sleeping areas are the same as always. the sleeping area is heated by a tubular heater to a temperature ranging between 15-20 degrees centigrade.

Has anyone experienced this behaviour with their torts and does anyone have any suggestions as to why my torts are acting this way? Incidentally ,the other female is acting normal, getting up in the morning to bask and feed.

02-03-2015, 06:53 PM	#1
Steve Graffham Junior Member Egg Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: North Essex Posts: 33	Hiding or digging down all the time I have kept a breeding trio of hermanns for several years and last July we moved from Essex to Buckinghamshire. The torts didn't seem overally impressed with being moved and subsequently the male and one of the females stopped feeding in August and decided to hide up or bury themselves. No matter what I did, they couldn't be pursuaded to get up and bask either outside or under the lamps. I decided that the only thing to do would be to hibernate them and hope that things would return to normal after a few weeks hibernating. The trio have been out of hiberbnation for just over 2 weeks now and the same two are acting just the same by not wanting to come out of their night quarters and quickly returning there if brought out under the lamps. I have shut off the sleeping quarters during the day so that they have been forced to warm up and feed a little but as soon as i allow access to the sleeping area, the same 2 quickly scuttle back in there and don't come out again. I have wormed them and have been giving them baths every day all to no avail. The original housing was moved with them and the temperatures both in the basking and sleeping areas are the same as always. the sleeping area is heated by a tubular heater to a temperature ranging between 15-20 degrees centigrade. Has anyone experienced this behaviour with their torts and does anyone have any suggestions as to why my torts are acting this way? Incidentally ,the other female is acting normal, getting up in the morning to bask and feed.