Re passing faeces :-)

[Bondgirl]

Hi there,

I have a 7 mth old Hermann Tortoise called Derick, I have owned him for about 4 weeks, just a quick question , he eats well and has baths, etc but I havent noticed him pass faeces, how often do they generally go?

Thanks in advance

Anna

[longhairedblokey]

Hi there - Our young Hermann is just under 2 years old....
She generally poos every time she goes in the bath !!

You will soon know when it happens - a nice poo bullet in the water !!!
How often do you bath the tort ?? Warm water ??

I'm not all knowing or anything on this, but I'm sure you'll be clearing one up sooner rather than later !!!!

[chris_greg]

Originally Posted by Bondgirl

Hi there,

I have a 7 mth old Hermann Tortoise called Derick, I have owned him for about 4 weeks, just a quick question , he eats well and has baths, etc but I havent noticed him pass faeces, how often do they generally go?

Thanks in advance

Anna

Tortoises eat their own crap so he/she could have dropped one out when you wasnt watching and gobbled it up.

Sick i know but it does happen

[Bondgirl]

S@@@ happens i suppose lol..... I bath him every 3 days for about 10 mins in warm water, never poos in that !

So you don't think I should be stressing about it then? Hes so active, and eating well, doesnt look ill

thanks

[chris_greg]

try bath him every day for 20 minutes in warm water, to keep him hydrated and to try and encourage his bowels to flow. one of my torts has a crap in the water and the other one doesnt, tends to wait til hes back in his enclosure.

Im not sure if there might be anything else wrong with him. more experienced keepers of torts will probably post here and let you know what they think. What does his pee look like, creamy white urates?

[Bondgirl]

Yes creamy white urates usually does that on his feeding stone or water bowl

[Bondgirl]

I am going to try the baths daily, hes gotta poo sometime !

[chris_greg]

try for 20 minutes and if the water goes a bit cold just top it up with warm, im sure he will squeeze one out eventually

[Bondgirl]

Going to do it now, will report back by 10 lol

[chris_greg]

hope you manage to get one out of him