A raccoon got to your spotteds. This sounds so horribly familar to what happened to me. Please bring them in and take them to a vet. Raccoons wash there food in shallow water and most likely found your spotteds sleeping. Three years ago I built a pen outside for a year and a half there was no problems. One day I came home from work and found my 20 year old male spotted turtle who my grandpopped entrusted with me, nearly dead. His legs and tail had been chewed to bits. If you are going to keep spotted outside you MUST keep them in a completely predator proof cage with strong high grade netting on top. I will post a picture tomorrow of how a raccoon recently broke into my pen outside, luckily the boys are inside for the winter. Due to spotteds habitat preference they come into close contact with raccoons. I'm not sure how you did not notice they had been chewed upon. Just because they appear ok now doesn't mean things are ok. Infections may start to develop I would get them to a vet asap. And whatever you do do not hibernate them, I'm suprised you would even consider this after something like this. Animals are even more susecptible to an attack during hibernation due to their lethargic state.

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