So I took in a female ornata several days ago, then a couple days later, a male ornata. I put him in the quarantine pen right next to the one she was in. Next time I went out to check on him, he was gone! He had scraped a hole in the wood fence and headed for the hills. That particular board was a pretty old one, and the wood must've been soft (wood rot?).
Then yesterday a neighbor down the street called me to tell me he had found a box turtle! So Lassie came home!
Now I just have to find a good home for them (before he figures out how to get out of the pen he's in now).
Oh my goodness you have your hands full!!
I can’t believe your neighbor found him!! What luck!!