Why do people think that tortois..

Brief：
If in the wild a tortoise hibenates from the same year it is hatched, then why do people think that when they purchase one a s a pet. That they will n.. 

输入您的搜索字词 提交搜索表单

If in the wild a tortoise hibenates from the same year it is hatched, then why do people think that when they purchase one a s a pet. That they will not need to hibenate.or at least not for the first few years!

its not just tortoise's people buy all kind of pets and don't have a clue what to do to care for them.

that's why the rspca is so busy That's because people are dumb. they say animals are dumb they are far from it Maybe it is because at home it is cosy, the tortoise will get all the food it needs, it doesn't have to face any hungry predators.. People must be a bit daft.

Although, if a pet tortoise is kept in a temperature-controlled vivarium, where it is a very warm temperature all the time, it won't hibernate simply because it won't need to. We kept 3 tortoise for 20 years or more. They lived in the garden but had a place to hide at night. When the colder weather came on they started to dig themselves in so we used to take them in at night. When it became really cold they were put in a cold cellar until the following spring.

One bitterly cold winter one was not taken in in time and it could not be found but the following spring while digging the garden it was turned over with a spade of soil. They all survived but eventually given away to a 'good home' on condition they were all kept together.

I think a problem can arise with small tortoises in that they may not be able to store enough energy to survive the winter and probably should be kept indoors and offered food when awake Tortoises don't need to be hibernated if kept in correct conditions as a captive pet. They have no food or digestion worries as they would in the wild because we feed and keep them warm enough to digest through the winter. Many pet tortoises die during hibernation as people tend to gutload them so they have plenty of food inside to keep them going, this just rots in their stomach though as the tempertaure drop (required to get them to hibernate) means they can't digest all the food they have been stuffed with. my mum was told that hers couldnt sleep the first winter away cos they were to little and didnt have enough body weight/fat to support a long sleep they do now though but i think mum wakes them to check there ok half way through Simply because they often don't need to.