Dear Forum

This is my first year with my tortoises that I rehomed through you earlier this year.   They are 6 year old Hermanns and seem very well and settled.  We love them a lot.

They have a large outdoor enclosure with a access to a shed with a heat lamp and UV lamp.   In the last couple of weeks they have started to bury themselves outside.  I pick them up and put them back in the shed for the night but it seems they are winding themselves down.  This seems very early to me as I anticipated trying to hibernate them in December.   I'm wondering if I should bring them indoors (I also have an indoor enclosure) now until they are ready to hibernate?   This evening I was upset to find one of the girls buried in soil that had become mud with torrential rain.  I cleaned her up and put her back in the shed and she is OK, but I am getting increasingly worried that it is getting colder and perhaps they are best moving indoors.

Any advice most gratefully received.  

Thanks

Isy

Hello Isy,

Thanks Tom.  I'll turn off the lamps then and leave them to settle down.   Presumably I need to check their weight on the ratio chart too?

Regards

Isy