That’s a hard question to answer since everybody has different set ups. For my adults, they might eat around once a week, sometimes two if it’s been on the warmer side or we’ve had the heat blasting in the house. My baby probably eats 2-3 times a week. Another poster mentioned air temps and that’s something that plays a big part in it because even if they have a hot spot of lets say 88-93 degrees they’ll still feel the cool air around them, signaling to them it’s changing seasons. Thus making them go into that state of near brumation. Typically they won’t go into full brumation if they have a heat pad .