Thank you for the reply. Yours is one of the books I haven't gotten yet. (I have purchased five different box turtle books so far.) I guess yours will be next on my list to purchase.

I have two heat lamps over our turtle right now. One red for 24/7 heat and one UVB basking lamp that I turn on in the morning and off at night. So far I have managed to keep her day time temps between 70(cool end) and 90(directly under the basking lamp) and the humidity at about 50-60%. From the reading I have done so far I gathered that ornates like it a bit hotter and dryer than other box turtles.

I have no idea how long she was on the loose before we found her. She was pooping little pea gravel from our driveway for the first few days we had her and then later I noticed her trying to eat pebbles from the sand mix I mixed with the bed-a-beast and moss. She ate really well for the fist month or so we had her. In fact we probably over fed her but she won't touch food now. She still seems perky and active for short periods durring the day. She comes out of her cave and basks in the morning. Sometimes she spends all day soaking in her water bowl and she seems generaly bright eyed when she's not asleep.

I did have her checked for impaction from the gravel and an exray showd a clear digestive track. I don't know what else to do but keep her warm and wait till she starts eating agian.

I just wish she would eat.

Glenna

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