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Two box turtles, one of whom cannot swim at all.

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Why is my box turtle staying in the water?

Check your temperatures too, because the other reason for sitting in water is being too warm. You want a clear gradient, a warm area and a distinctly cooler one, measured with a probe rather than assumed.

And while you are at the dish: box turtles are not strong swimmers. Water up to about her chin when she is standing, wide enough to walk in and out of without climbing, and changed daily, because they do tend to use it as a toilet.

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