HIBERNATION !!

OK, LETS TALK ABOUT HIBERNATION AND THIS WEATHER. I KNOW ITS LOVELY TO BE HAVING UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER AT THIS TIME OF YEAR BUT FOR US TORTOISE OWNERS  IT IS A VERY WORRYING TIME!! I HAVE BEEN CHECKING MINE DAILY AND ALTHOUGH THET ARE ASLEEP AND FINE I HAVE BEEN LIFTING THE LIDS EVERY DAY AND PROPPING THEM UP ABOUT 4 INCHES SO THAT THE WIND AND AIR GETS THROUGH SO THE HOUSES DON'T WARM UP. IF YOU ARE WORRIED THAT THE SUN WILL WARM YOUR HOUSES UP TOO MUCH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS THEN DO THE SAME OR IF YOUR HOUSES ARE SMALL THEN YOU COULD LIFT THE WHOLE THING TO A SHADED COOLER END OF THE GARDEN TO ENSURE THE SUN DOES NOT WARM IT UP. YOU CAN THEN MOVE IT BACK  NEARER THE SPRING SAY THE END OF FEBRUARY. NONE OF MINE HAVE MOVED SO I THINK IT IS FINE BUT IT DOES SEEM THE SEASONS ARE GETTING WARMER AND WARMER!!

ALL WE CAN DO IS WAIT AND HOPE ALL WILL BE WELL AND IF THE MOST AWFUL THING SHOULD HAPPEN THEN  IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER AND IT WAS MEANT TO BE..

HORRIBLE TO EVEN THINK ABOUT LET ALONE MENTION BUT IT IS THE CIRCLE OF LIFE....