My ornate has probably escaped at least three times in the last four years. It's always when she's soaking, I'll go in, get a drink, and she'll be waiting outside the seven inch high wall, looking at me when I come back out, as if saying, "I was supposed to stay in there?" Well, today, I cleaned out the cage, and decided I would put bedding in the cage tomorrow. I put the ornate, the eastern, and the three inch redfoot in the bottom part of a bird cage, put it on the floor of the cage and the ornate climbed out, crapped all over the freshly scrubed cage, then went back in the bird tray. I did that with Russians once, including an eight inch female, and they stayed in there all night with no escapes at all, but a five inch ornate can escape from the same thing in 30 seconds while I watch.
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Ornates are great climbers!
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I hear ya. I know I've posted this pic here before, but here it is again!
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0.1.0 ornate box turtle
1.0.0 eastern box turtle
1.0.0 Yellow belly slider
0.1.0 Red belly cooter
0.1.0 Australian shepard
1.11.0 chickens
1.0.0 Dutch(rabbit)
3.2.0 children (do I still count the married ones?)
1.0.0 husband
Hopefully my ornate doesn't decide to do that. She's escaped because of the most un-thinkable mistakes: water bowl flipped, 8-inch redfoot was basking, and she climbs over her, lots of un-thinkable mistakes.
