22-11-18, 07:40 PM
(22-11-18, 01:10 AM)tommyardin link Wrote: [quote author=ogri48 link=topic=11414.msg287548#msg287548 date=1542798925]Yeah it is not an ordinary household type fridge it’s half size and if you look at the pic of the fridge that I posted you can see a circular grill in the back, there is a fan in the fridge that blows cold air in at the set temperature so that there is a change of air going on most of the time. (A bit like the air con in your car) Tortoises heart rate is very very slow and so it their breathing so they need very little air, when in hibernation these function slow down much slower than normal. That very slow heart rate and breathing is why they live so long compared with something like a cat that has a very fast metabolism, that’s why the family moggies usually shuffle off this mortal coil after about 17 years or so. If your lucky, and the old tortoise goes on for another hundred years.
blimey! ive learnt something new today mate!
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Well I'll be buggered..like others I've learnt something and thought you were taking the piss.
So do you prep them for it or just pick them up whilst they're chomping on lettuce, straight in a box and slam them in the fridge ?? I'd shit myself if that happened to me during dinner.
Those are my principles...if you don't like them I have others.