HIBERNATION !!!!

HI ALL, WELL,I HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH CALLS AND EMAILS ABOUT HIBERNATION AND THE LACK OF!!!! THE WEATHER IS DOING IT AGAIN AND THE TORTIES DO NOT KNOW IF THEY ARE COMING OR GOING..BUT.....THEY DO KNOW WHAT TO DO AND EVEN IF THEY ARE EATING THEY WILL STILL EMPTY OUT THEIR STOMACHS WHEN THEY NEED TO. MOST OF MINE HAD NOT BEEN OUT FOR DAYS OTHER THAN A FEW STRAGGLERS BUT NONE WANTED FOOD.TODAY HALF ARE TUCKING IN TO GREENS AND KALE!!!! ALL I CAN SAY IT IS A WORRY BUT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING LIKE THIS FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS NOW. THE SEASONS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH DURING THIS TIME I CAN'T TELL YOU. BEFORE THIS THEY WOULD ALL BE ASLEEP BY MID/END OF OCTOBER.NOW BECAUSE WE SEEM TO HAVE A LONGER SUMMER ,WELL INTO OCTOBER THEY ARE GOING TO SLEEP END OF NOVEMBER EVEN THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER!!  OUR CLIMATE IS DEFINITELY CHANGING .NOW, YOU CANNOT FORCE THEM TO GO TO SLEEP,YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT....I AM OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELDERLY ONES LIKE MY WONDERFUL GERTIE AND ALSO THE ELDERLY ONES THAT HAVE BEEN DONATED BUT LIKE YOU I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE WEATHER TURNS THEN THEY WILL KNOW IT IS TIME.I DO OPEN THEIR DOORS EVERY DAY EVEN IN THE RAIN SO FRESH AIR GETS IN AND ALSO FOR THE ONES WHO HAVEN'T GONE TO SLEEP YET.TODAY HOWEVER ALMOST ALL ARE SUN BATHNG!! ALL EXCEPT GERTIE AND A COUPLE OF THE BOYS.WHAT YOU MUST NOT DO THOUGH IS TAKE THEM OUT IF THEY ARE ASLEEP BECAUSE THEY WILL  HAVE TO USE ENERGY TO GO BACK IN AND THAT CAN CAUSE WEIGHT LOSS WHICH YOU WANT TO CONSERVE.ALL I CAN DO IS MY BEST AND THE REST IS UP TO THEM AND IF GOD FORBID ANY SHOULD PASS AWAY DURING THE WINTER THEN I KNOW I HAVE DONE ALL I CAN FOR THEM AND BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE IT IS TIME TO GO..VERY SAD THOUGHT I KNOW BUT IT IS THE CIRCLE OF LIFE......