Thanks - glad it isn't some well-known really horrible thing! Good to know her shell looks pretty normal, even with those holey spots.

Yes, it dose look like caked on mud or poop or something, but it is pretty hardened on there and I don't want to stress her out by messing with it too much right now - she's already got to be somewhat stressed out with moving to a new home. I have soaked her a few times, but haven't scrubbed or tried to flick it off yet - might come off pretty easily (I hope), we'll see.

Now, if only I can get her to eat significant amounts of things other than strawberries! She was very interested/attentive to, but didn't eat, the Silkworms (a big-time favorite with both Mishima and Martha - they can down 8-10 big ones in a sitting), but she did eat a few Waxworms (which no one else here likes, but I got a few of every kind of live food the pet store sells to see what she'd eat). She ate a few earthworms today with cuttlebone sprinkled on top, but she hasn't touched the greens or other veggies (well, she's walked on the, but not eaten them). She did eat a bit of the canned Box Turtle food - which I never actually buy, but thought I'd pick up a can just to make sure I had enough things in stock to try out on her.

Maybe I shouldn't worry just yet and be glad she is eating good quantities (and having normal looking poops), even if it's not the wide variety I like to see them eating - she IS adjusting to a lot of new stuff right now.

They have this routine right now, where they both wake up and go to the Plexiglas barrier to calmly (longingly?) gaze at one another (like looking into a mirror) for a few hours before eating breakfast and taking a bath. They aren't crawling or digging or pacing at the barrier anymore at all, and usually just hang out looking at one another a few times during the day.

Kasie

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