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My red eared sliders are sleeping for a week at a time and then I wake them up for a hour swim and then let them go back to sleep again. Is this OK for partial brumation. They are 4 & 5 years old. During this time they do not eat. Some help here would be appreciated.

If these RES are kept indoors, then you really shouldn't let them brumate. How long have you had them?

steve wrote:If these RES are kept indoors, then you really shouldn't let them brumate. How long have you had them?

I have had them almost a year. The younger one had an issue with her plastron so she had to be out of the water for months to heal and that is why they went into brumation I believe. I was going to leave them for another week and then slowly wake them up. Does that sound OK?

I don't know all the details of how they were kept, nor do I familiarize myself with the brumation process. Slowly waking them up should be the right way to go, but I don't know when and how.