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Hibernation

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Question
Hi My name is Rick
My question is we have 2 Box turtles that hibernate in the winter.We also have a Russian Tortoise and a Desert Tortoise that we just got recently.They are both in separate enclosures can we put them together and will they hibernate in their enclosures or do we need to do something different.Any help you can give me would help.

Regards

Answer
Rick, while I can't give you a good answer to your question, I can refer you to a great webpage on this matter.

Please go here and read this page... http://turtle_tails.tripod.com/raisingbabyturtles/tour11.htm

The folks over at turtle tails have been around the block, and have plenty of knowledge shared!