wake up

May I know the correct way to wake up a monitor? I wake up my black throat by touching its head first and then hold it up gently with my hands. May I know is this the correct procedure to wake it up? Or is there any better way?

Hi there I have posted on in the past pre hibernation to check my torts aren't losing too much weight, having hibernated them using the fridge method for the last 3.5 weeks I am really concerned about the smaller one who has dropped way too much weight since he has been in his box... They...