The tortoises are under lamps to keep them warm

However, a recent cold snap also means the residents of the Tortoise Garden in St Austell are having to be kept warm with heat lamps.

The lamps and extra food they need because they are awake means the sanctuary's costs are increasing.

Joy Bloor's facility looks after 15 species of tortoise.

The Tortoise Garden provides a home for old or unwanted tortoises, and species it looks after include Greek Marginated and South African Leopard tortoises.

Some can live to be 120-years-old.

The sanctuary has 15 species species of tortoise living in it

But if they are not warm enough they will not eat or drink.

Ms Bloor said: "To hibernate properly they need it to be under 6C. Above that and they start waking up, and if they start waking up they start using energy.

"It's energy they can't spare because they don't have the body weight, so we have to keep them warm with the lamps."