A male P. oculifer individual (SCL 10.5cm) found in urban Windhoek, central Namibia, and given to the author for safekeeping in early 2013, was kept in an indigenous garden setting in Windhoek. This individual settled in well and foraged without additional food being supplied. On 1 May 2013 the tortoise settled into dormancy at the base of an Aloe arborescens (Cunningham & Simang 2006 noted their preference for "thorny" plants as lying-up places) only becoming active again on 18 September 2013 – i.e. after four months and 17 days. It was observed that the tortoise was not totally dormant as it regularly shifted body positions, especially during early September just prior to it becoming active again. Average winter temperatures for Windhoek is 14°C (Mendelsohn et al. 2002) although the 2013 winter was unusually mild with no frost experienced (pers. obs.) and the first rains for the 2013/14 season were measured on 24 (3 mm), 25 (3 mm) and 26 (11 mm) September 2013.