They are Terrapene ornata ornata and I have them in an 80 gallon

tank with topsoil and moss as substrate with two pots for them to

hide in and thats where they spend all there time I have to dig them up to get them to come out.I have two ten month old errapene

ornata ornatas that hide alot but they come out and venture around and eat from their bowl or I can hand feed them with no problem they will go as far as to run to my hands for food even if there is none.They are just so out going and then I have the three, three week old Terrapene ornata ornatas and all they do is stay burried I let them go as long as three days and never seen them they were burried in the same place I seen them go three days prior.So I am just worried about them not being active or eating.Their eye are open and they are very playful when I soak them but I have to dig them up to get them to do this and have yet to see them eat.I just recently put

them in the shoe box size container and have the 50/50 set up and

they seem more active and I though I seen one munching on cat food but it so hard to tell with there little mouths and they dont even go for wigglers.So does anyone have a idea how to care for these hatchlings?Maybe Im still missing something, so if anyone can help please respond.Thanks Brandon

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