Soaking after a meal or before a hide is completely routine. Getting out again is the part yours has stopped doing.
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Keeps box turtles outdoors half the year. Obsessed with substrate.
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Deep enough that she disappears into it and the bottom stays damp when the top dries, which in practice means more than you think is reasonable. Leaf litter on top holds moisture at the surface and gives her somewhere to go that is not the dish.