So I have two turtles, a female eastern box turtle named Morticia and a male ornamental box turtle named Digger. Both are heathly weight, neither are exibiting signs of illness, and I custom built their enclosure to fit their range and environmental needs with the temp ranging from 70° to 80° f and humidity of between 70% and 90%. They have a pool that I refill, heat lamp, UVB lamp, variable terrain, rocks to climb, plants (for Digger to murder), spagnum moss, and gravel, coconut husk, and soil to dig in, as well as outside time when weather permits it. They have a regular diet of crickets, mega worms, vegetables, fruits, and occasionally cooked chicken bits and egg shell. All of this is to say, I’ve done my research and I’m pretty well versed on the care.

Digger is ADHD Incarnate. He runs laps, digs holes, fights rocks, murders every single plant that tries to grow, takes a warm bath and does it again. If I’m working on my computer he comes up to the air slots on the front of the tank and judges me for putting plants in his terf.

Morty sits. She has a spot equal distance from both lights with partial shade from a driftwood log and she will not move from that spot ever under any circumstances. If she’s not sitting comfortably half shelled and watching the world around her, she’s sleeping, splayed out like she’s dead, head resting on the edge of the pool like a pillow. She will begrudging move to eat, but will take it back to her spot if. She does. I’ve checked, and there are no eggs under her. If you try to move her anywhere else she makes her way back to her spot. If you take her out of the enclosure she shells up until shes back in the enclosure, then goes back to her spot. She will only move with any level of urgency for Watermelon.

I have taken her to the vet about this and aside from stating that she’s in good health, his only advice was to pick her up and move her so she has to walk back to her spot or put her food out of reach so she has to move towards it. It’s so consistent that I’m worried about her health, it can’t be good for anything to be that sedentary and Digger moving at the speed of sound just makes it look all the more concerning. The vet’s only suggestion was putting her food further away or moving her around. What do I do about this?