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Okay i would like some sly ways to get this shy girly to come out of the dirt ...

food? watering? peace and quiet ?

what works the best ?

the girls are off at different camps soooo its quiet for now .. we are also starting to get in the middle of moving the trailor ASAPP( As Soon As Possible Plus *lol*) which means all animals have to go out ..Fun Fun .. i think that the boxie will end up in a screened portch .. in My fiances moms house .. the cats in her basement .. the RES some where .. probubly also on the screened in portch .. and our pooch probubly in boarding . Poor Sampson ... * coughs* My Fiances Mothers Hubby isnt to keen on animals if Yall can tell * grumbles*

any ways i know the next few weeks will be very stresful on the turtles .. expecially the boxie .. and i would like to get her to eat atleast ONE good meal before we move her !!

also what the best way to move her .. leave her in her 50 gallon container put the lid on with holes and move the whole thing or take her out and put her in a smaller container ?

I cant wait to get an outdoor place for her .. i feel so bad putting her through all this stress

I don't know if anyone will agree with me on this, but I would think that leaving her in the same container, and making available adequate water and food, making sure she doesn't over heat, and just leaving her alone as much as possible would be less stressful to her than transferring her multiple times.
Good luck!

i will have no choice here with in the next week or so because we are moving a trailor.. and there is no way to leave her in here because ti would get WAY to hot .. we have to move her twice in the next 2 weeks or so .. and i would like to do it in a way to keep her as comfortable as possible

Then I'd try to minimize the number of times she's moved. Did you have any luck finding out where she'd been found originally? Wasn't there another little kid who had an idea of where she'd been picked up?

we have been told at teh creek at teh end of the road as well as somewhere in the woods at the boys grandparents .. if i would release it by the creek there is a road with fast moving cars near by .. and children play in that creek .. as well as the boy who found the turtle to begin with .. so if he found it down there again if thats where she was from then she would end up being abused again ... so best i can come up with is to keep her and make an out door enclosure as soon as we move to the new land

i have no option other than to move her twice .. i have to get her out of the trailor because they are moving it and it would get WAY to hot in here for her .. and then move her back till we have her outdoor cage ready

i have been leaving her alone other then spritzing her environment and pouring some water over her flower pot to keep the ground moist down deep enough .. and keeping fresh veggies avaliable

I agree with the other post. Leave her in what she's in, give her plenty of food and water and leave her alone as much as possible.
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