Marshalls
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We have a 3 year old Leopard Tortoise. For the past 6-8 months we have been keeping her outside in an insulated enclosure with a heating pad (along the one wall) and a ceramic heat lamp. The temperature usually stays around 85 degrees even on colder nights (it never really drops below 40 here). In the beginning we would find her sleeping under a bush in the morning and soon realized that she wasn't staying in at night. Finally after 2-3 weeks of us placing her back in after she wandered out she stayed in all night. Over the past week we noticed that she is coming out again. We find her along the side of her enclosure in the corner - pulled into her shell. Any ideas as to why she won't stay in? We thought maybe it was the crickets (they seem to flock to her enclosure) or that she got turned around in the dark after coming out but from everything I have read she can see fine at night. Any help would be much appreciated!