Should i be worried?

[greg they toroise ^_^]

Hi
My hermans tort (Greg) has finally started eating now that i have improved his diet, but the last couple of baths hes been in he hasnt pooed and there has been alot of the white substance, and when he is in his table all he does is sit under his heat lamp, i move him to his water bowl but he doesnt drink and just walks back to his heat lamp
Clo x

[XoxOriptideOxoX]

The white stuff is most likely urates(sp) and if your tort does not poo for a while it does not matter, she/he might of pooed on the table, when i first got my tort he didnt poo for over a week

[wizzasmum]

Originally Posted by greg they toroise ^_^

Hi
My hermans tort (Greg) has finally started eating now that i have improved his diet, but the last couple of baths hes been in he hasnt pooed and there has been alot of the white substance, and when he is in his table all he does is sit under his heat lamp, i move him to his water bowl but he doesnt drink and just walks back to his heat lamp
Clo x

If he has preveiously been fed none fibrous food, his gut will not be full as it should me and the newer more fibrous stuff will take a while to fill the gut and pass through the other end. All perfectly normal

[greg they toroise ^_^]

Originally Posted by wizzasmum

If he has preveiously been fed none fibrous food, his gut will not be full as it should me and the newer more fibrous stuff will take a while to fill the gut and pass through the other end. All perfectly normal

Good to know ^_^ is the sheer lazyness under the lamp normal?

[greg they toroise ^_^]

Originally Posted by XoxOriptideOxoX

The white stuff is most likely urates(sp) and if your tort does not poo for a while it does not matter, she/he might of pooed on the table, when i first got my tort he didnt poo for over a week

Thanks for the advise, hes my 1st tort so im worrying too much i think

[XoxOriptideOxoX]

Originally Posted by greg they toroise ^_^

Thanks for the advise, hes my 1st tort so im worrying too much i think

lol you should of seen me, if he didnt eat within 5 mins i was looking up stuff about torts not eating

[greg they toroise ^_^]

Originally Posted by XoxOriptideOxoX

lol you should of seen me, if he didnt eat within 5 mins i was looking up stuff about torts not eating

me and my whole family were obsessed with when he was going to start eating the whole house was giddy when he did

[XoxOriptideOxoX]

Originally Posted by greg they toroise ^_^

me and my whole family were obsessed with when he was going to start eating the whole house was giddy when he did

you have got to love it how they eat, its so slow

[divingdancer]

I find them very relaxing to watch eating.

on the poop question, mine has a good poop once a week usually in her bath. If I am at work and my daughter bathes her, I usually get a call letting me know what she has done and how much.!!!!!!

[greg they toroise ^_^]

Originally Posted by XoxOriptideOxoX

you have got to love it how they eat, its so slow

Greg is adorable when he eats lol he cant quite pull it apart sometimes and ends up all the way in his shell b4 the leaf snaps