The EBT we have was supposed to be a juvenile when I purchased it about 4 months ago. It was larger than I anticipated, so I wondered a little about its background....how old was it? Had it been raised in captivity with constant human interaction, or perhaps wild caught? It always seemed skittish to me, but the numerous experts cautioned that even a turtle raised completely around humans could just be this way. I let her wander around outside, with some supervision from time to time, but she basically would just freeze if I was anywhere around, and make a break for it if I moved out of sight. I had an outdoor enclosure that I would put her in for several hours a day, and it was always then an adventure for me to find her to bring her back into her indoor enclosure. Over the last week, I had to clean out her box, and I decided to paint the wooden surfaces as there always seemed to be some mildew, and dark splotches on the bottom of the box. I bought some whey based stain, and figured I would need a few days to paint, and then let it completely dry. Since its been about 90 degrees I decided to give her a grand adventure and put her in a garden area that has turned into a jungle, and leave her there for several days, including , for the first time, being outside overnight. This enclosure is at least 3 times the size of the normal outdoor enclosure, and is chockful of thousands of plants/weeds/lettuce and other crops grown out of control. She's been out there for about 4 days, and its going to be quite an adventure for me to find her! My questions are: will she be terrified of not having her usual snug overnight lodging indoors, or will she be overjoyed at finally "escaping"? will a captive EBT turtle, who always has had food plopped right in front of her be able to forage on her own? Will the change from a climate controlled enclosure to the real world be a shock? Its been down to probably mid to perhaps low 60's at night. I have left her water trough and have turned on the sprinkler from time to time to cool things off. I'm sure she'll do just fine, but I am curious about the thoughts of others. I'll know more Saturday...if she hasn't outsmarted me once again--and is never found!