I'm not college educated but it doesn't take a PhD to know that turtles, for as much as love 'em, just aren't really the brightest of Beasts.......Matilda is no exception IMHO. She's extra special because she's my buddy, but that's it.
I think she's caught on to the fact that dinner awaits her underground and is now refining her hunting strategies. She hasn't changed her method of operation from "butt my face in the dirt & dig", she's just digging deeper!
I do realize that she can't become a "dirt turtle" no matter how easily she adapts....I ordered two flavors of orchid bark....small and large...but I need more....then we'll see if the worms will survive in it. It would make my life easier.....I went through this before with her & bedding and never arrived at a solution, long term. Okay, I said she wasn't bright, I didn't say she was stupid! LOL
wait a sec.....
.... if I switch paradigms, maybe I'M the one with the issue here? Isn't there some saying about doing the same thing, expecting a different result and all that? LOL