Hi again everyone, Heff (my adult Horsfield) started his Hibernation last week after winding down in his outdoor enclosure for 4 weeks with no food and daily baths reducing his light and heat to zero (except for the frost stat just in case), everything went as planned, I'm sure his gut is empty and he's hydrated, and he's in his fridge. He's in a plywood box thats insulated etc and the fridge temp stablised over a month to 4-6* (in the box). He's on a topsoil/sand mix thats 4" deep and he's half buried. My problem is when I checked his weight today and vented the fridge for a couple of mins he was all spread out and not curled up in his shell. He was like this before I touched him and he only moved a tiny bit when I gently weighed him. He's 638g and has lost 1g since I put him in a week ago. Am I needlessly concerned about him being spread out (legs out etc).  I plan, if everything goes ok to keep him in until mid/end March.

Thanks

Hello,

Hi Tom, no i'm weighing him out of the box so I can give him a once over at the same time. I could weigh him in the box would that be better? It's late because he was still active up to the end of Oct even though he lives outside. He was grazing in the planted open part of his enclosure away from his heated/Lit part,  then he started to to slow down so I took that as a sign he was ready to hibernate.

Yes in the box, monthly, minimise disturbance. 3-4C would be even better in the fridge.