With sunlight, tortoises can not hibernate. The reason why turtles want to hibernate is that they are temperature-changing animals, and their activities are affected by temperature, so they don't like activities very much at low temperature. In addition, food is scarce in winter, so hibernation is adopted for winter. However, captive turtles can keep high temperature in winter and provide food for them, so there is no need to hibernate.
2. What are the benefits of hibernation in turtles1. Promoting maturity: For turtles, the greatest benefit of hibernation is that it can promote maturity. Maturation here mainly refers to sexual maturation, that is, hibernating turtles can enter the reproductive state faster than non-hibernating turtles. However, since domestic turtles rarely reproduce, it is ok not to hibernate.
2. Enhance physical fitness: Although turtles don't eat during hibernation, they also exercise their bodies through winter, so they can strengthen their physical fitness. It should be noted that the premise of physical exercise is that it is relatively strong. If turtles are relatively small and thin, hibernation may directly die, but it will not play any role.
3, Reducing Costs: Hibernation is also good for turtle breeders, which can reduce the cost of raising turtles. Because if you don't hibernate, you need to warm up for winter, which requires special heating equipment, regular water change and feeding in other seasons, while hibernation only needs to spray water to keep it moist.