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Nearly 3 years after my last post, and 9 years after my original thread:, here are some updates: Fully outside obviously. Lives in his own little house with temp-controller heater. Everything great. He's 10 years old in a week. Should be about 80lbs.

Holy cow it's been almost a year! Latest update: He weighs 53.5 lbs as of yesterday! Nothing much else to report on. Included some pictures :) He turns 7 in late August :)

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! No further updates. I feed him the bowl you see in picture every 3 days. He eats pretty much the whole thing. Apart from that, my entire backyard has got grass, weeds, and other things for him to graze on. I do catch up eating on his own from time to time. He has...

I put him back Sunday. He hasn't come out since. Been in his corner for 48 hours. Should I just wait it out until he comes out on his own (maybe he'll be hungry enough) or should I forcefully keep bringing him out to eat? I don't know what to d.

I have a camera too. I know he doesn't come out. He just stays in his corner. I soaked him yesterday and he pooped out his entire system. I soaked him today (no feeding yesterday) and he pooped nothing, obviously. Both soaks were 1+ hour.

Arizona so it's 80-95F during the day. It's also that temperature inside the enclosure 24/7.

About a week. I figured it could be a soaking issue but I've been consistent (either right or wrong) since August. Nothing out of routine. I soaked him today and he pooped.

Hi Tom. Just a quick question (to anyone else that can answer too). Tort is almost 6 now (in August) but in the past 1.5 weeks or so, he just doesn't come out of his outdoor enclosure. Temps are 85-90F 24/7. The only time he eats is if I actually pick him up and remove him and place him outside...

Yearly November/December comparison photos. Same prop! He weighs about 40lbs but I will update later :) Only "issue" is that he only eats what I give him. In other words, he doesn't walk around the backyard and eat the TON of grass, hay, leafy greens, weeds, and general green vegetation...

Thank you. He does look healthy indeed! This is my yearly November/December comparison photo. With the same prop!

Never gave him water straight up like this. He's been getting his water source from the occasional romaine lettuce and watermelon (both of which are about 95% water anyway). Since our recent move, I moved away from feeding him romaine so I'm guessing this is why he suddenly became "thirsty".

I use an oil heater so it doesn't dry up the place. Like I said, I've been doing this for 5 years and this was the first time ever.

Mystery of 2018 for sure. Phew.

TBH it's been a while.

I've never had water outside. Never in these past 5 years. This is the first time I've seen him drink water.

Holy ****! I brought him inside, and he's DRINKING WATER?!?!?! I have never seen this in my life. Let alone be a reason for him to leave the night box.....he's DRINKING WATER! This is the first time I've actually seen him drink since I ever got him...

I just found him like this! He's sticking his neck and head out into the grass like this.....it looks so freaky and weird!

But it's not that. He's not hungry. He's not even eating the grass...he's literally just sticking his head in the grass....I swear it almost looks like he's drinking. He's now left his night box 4 times! This has never happened before.

Here are some pictures of what I'm talking about (he's 5 years old!):

So he's got his usual night box that he walks into every night. In the past 3 months or so, I can count maybe 2-3 times where he's voluntarily slept OUTSIDE. We've always put him back in. About a week ago, at around 2am, he RANDOMLY walks out of his night box and just sleeps outside. Bear in...