Eagle-billed tortoises go into hibernation during the winter and wake up when the weather warms up. When hibernating, you can prepare moist sand, coconut soil, or shallow water to help it hibernate.

When the tortoise hibernates, it will lower its body's metabolism to reduce calorie consumption , and during this period, the hawksbill turtle will hide in the sand and coconut soil to keep warm, and you can regularly spray the hawksbill turtle with water to keep it moist.

In winter, you can also warm up the environment of the hawksbill turtle, so that it does not enter the hibernation state. Generally, the young hawksbill turtles and the hawksbill turtles whose physical condition is not very good, hibernate is likely to be lead to death, so it is necessary to warm up the hawksbill turtle to survive the winter.