Help - Elvis Has Eaten A Stone !!

[Mama Healz]

Hi Guys.....
Hope theres someone who can give advice on this one.?? Elvis has eaten one or two small stones - how he managed to swallow them god only knows!! Ok,so I have seen for myself that they went in.....but I have also seen his other end and I cant see how theyd come out (if you know what I mean).....Yikes !! All advice gratefully accepted
A

[tortlady]

I would expect if they were small enough to go in one end they should be small enough to pass the other..although im no expert and i can understsnd why your worried. i expect they do it in the wild and my gut reation is to not worry ( i know easier said than done), hopefully someone with more experience will be able to help.

have to say with the slow digestive transit it may take a while before you see them the other end...looks like lots of poo checking ahead

[Mama Healz]

Thanks ......
I have caught him doing this once before..Couldnt catch him in time to remove it - then just today caught him again ! My daughter was in charge of watching him - she quickly gripped the stone but he squirmed and scratched her (he truely had a death grip onto it) "Dont let it go....im comming" I said.
With that it was too late ! gulp - down in one! Dont suppose anyone knows why the eat stuff like that? I was always under the impression torts would never eat anything that was bad for them (by instinct)..Any answers??
Much Love People
A x

[Herp_boi]

i think alligators or crocs swallow stones and rocks to help them sink in the water!
i dont know if this has anythingyou do with your turtle?
cheers nick

[fantapants]

alot of tortoises eat stones in the search for calcium. some people find that putting a few cuttlefish in the enclosure reduces the amount of stones they try to eat. others just eat stones for the sake of eating stones! if it was a particularly large stone, give him plenty of warm baths to help him pass it, but be aware that a healthy tort gigestive transit will take up to 28 days to go from entrance to exit!

[EVIEMAY]

Mine sometimes pass small stones - as Ali has said they will pass easier in the bath and leave some cuttlefish( the more weather beaten the better) in the garden and hopefully they will have a munch on that instead.

[Mama Healz]

Originally Posted by Herp_boi

i think alligators or crocs swallow stones and rocks to help them sink in the water!
i dont know if this has anythingyou do with your turtle?
cheers nick

LOL.... thanks
A x

[Mama Healz]

Thanks Ali....
Just when I thought things where going well eh !
A x

Originally Posted by tinkerbruce

alot of tortoises eat stones in the search for calcium. some people find that putting a few cuttlefish in the enclosure reduces the amount of stones they try to eat. others just eat stones for the sake of eating stones! if it was a particularly large stone, give him plenty of warm baths to help him pass it, but be aware that a healthy tort gigestive transit will take up to 28 days to go from entrance to exit!

[Mama Healz]

Thanks,
Lots of baths it is then !!
A x

Originally Posted by EVIEMAY

Mine sometimes pass small stones - as Ali has said they will pass easier in the bath and leave some cuttlefish( the more weather beaten the better) in the garden and hopefully they will have a munch on that instead.

[Mama Healz]

Hi Folks...
Just one more question (sorry for giving you all a sweatty ear).... Have had Elvis since Feb 08 .....he has had his first course of A/B.. next course due this friday.
He has not gained weight or gotten any bigger since Ive had him??? Any clues please???
Ps..... The other one - Cilla is gaining size & weight nicely.
Thanks
A x