OK, so I probably should mention that Bob is actually, a russian tortoise. Well, we DID have Bob in our downstairs bathroom, on his nifty little table, in his tortoise approved, appropriate habitat. Well, gosh.....who knew that tortoises hibernated!! Bob hibernated for almost 3 months! So I start panicking...thinking...geez, if he doesn't EAT he's going to croak!! So we move Bob and his nine thousand pound habitat (ok, so not really, but it's HEAVY! Think 50bls of sand plus substrate, plus his rock plus the dry corncob half ) into the living room, with the toasty stove. I was worried, cause it took like a couple days, but finally, Bob is awake!! He's eating, moving around (as much as a tortoise does!) and seems like a normal healthy tortoise! I'm so happy! LOL!
We acquired Bob, when his family was moving, and somehow heard of the poor sap that rescues dogs! LOL! So he moved in last summer. We have found www.russiantortoise.org to be an invaluable resource to learn more about him and his proper care to keep him healthy and happy! It's a really great help! Although I am not real great with pets that don't YELL to be fed (ha ha ha!) he is an interesting little guy.
SO long story short...LOL ....we're glad Bob is no longer hibernating and didn't die on us before we even had him a year! LOL!!! We have no clue how old he is, so we have no clue how long we'll have him. They are supposed to live a loooooong time! lOL!!!
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