A couple of months ago 2 of my box turtles escaped their pond and I was heartbroken. But I did all the suggested things...and I quietly looked daily. one morning I sat down on the cinder block surrounding the pond and just stared off and after about 20 minutes one of those large tufts of inedible grasses waved and juggled in the NO WIND!...yep...1 box turtle...alone hummm a lesson maybe...they obviously did not stay together, they don't like other turtles...3 more days nada.On the 4th day, at first sunrise I went down the steps into a tortoise pen where the torts were out basking...yep I bettcha that tiny tortoise over there is a species Terrapin ornata ornata....lol and it was. Do not ever give up cuz they get hungry and go back to their own territory...