The stone mud turtle can hibernate in winter or not. Hibernation is not necessary for the stone mud turtle. The stone mud turtles living in different regions have different time to start hibernation and end hibernation, and the differences are also relatively large, because the distribution range of the stone mud turtle is very wide.

Wild pit turtles, in most areas, spend the winter It can enter the hibernation state naturally, and then will end the hibernation state when the temperature slowly rises in the following year, and slowly wake up. But in areas with very high winter temperatures, the stone mud turtle may not hibernate in winter.

For the pit turtles under artificial feeding conditions, they can be directly heated and raised in winter to prevent them from hibernating. If you want to let them hibernate, you need to pay attention to the hibernation time should not be too long. Of course, it is also possible to not adjust the water temperature and let the stone mud turtle hibernate naturally, but it is recommended that the hibernation time should not be too long, because the stone mud turtle in the hibernation state will have the risk of getting sick. It is recommended to let the stone mud turtle start hibernation around December, and the time to end hibernation can be around March.