This may be off topic, but....most of my experience is with box turtles and Cherry Heads. I hear people saying all the time that they are not social animals, but I truly believe that is isn't true. Much to everyone's dismay, both my Cherries were raised with a box turtle for a companion. This worked out fine for me as they were both from good breeders and clean and about the same age. When they were eventually separated, the Cherry head became stressed and would not eat and paced the enclosure for days. Finally she went in her hide and didn't come out for a few days.
They box turtles, which I've been observing for over 30 years are very social. There are two little females which I got from a rescue that are always together. I don't think I've ever seen one without the other. They even go into the cave at the same time and come up together. They eat together too. One got an ear abscess and had to be quarantined, and the other one paced the garden for days until they were united. Pi, my male is the last one to hibernate. He will circle the whole garden for two days, non stop making sure that all the females are in the cave and then he will go in. He is very stressed at this time....I don't know why, I'm only assuming that he wants to make sure his little group is safe under all the leaves. I could go on and on, but I really think when a turtle or tortoise paces and circles, he is stressed. These are animals that could sit in the same place for hours, necks stretched toward the sun, taking in the rays. They are slow moving and have the patience of a saint, so if they are constantly moving I feel they are stressed.
They box turtles, which I've been observing for over 30 years are very social. There are two little females which I got from a rescue that are always together. I don't think I've ever seen one without the other. They even go into the cave at the same time and come up together. They eat together too. One got an ear abscess and had to be quarantined, and the other one paced the garden for days until they were united. Pi, my male is the last one to hibernate. He will circle the whole garden for two days, non stop making sure that all the females are in the cave and then he will go in. He is very stressed at this time....I don't know why, I'm only assuming that he wants to make sure his little group is safe under all the leaves. I could go on and on, but I really think when a turtle or tortoise paces and circles, he is stressed. These are animals that could sit in the same place for hours, necks stretched toward the sun, taking in the rays. They are slow moving and have the patience of a saint, so if they are constantly moving I feel they are stressed.