Is this a good poop?

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Hoffy has been eating only grass, succulents, and other backyard goodies for quite awhile now, and I know others are proud of their tortoise poops, so I wanted to see if I had good ones too!:p:p
 

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aztortoisegal

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That's generally what they look like every day, and he usually poops twice. His urine usually is clear and has soft white globs, but I understand that's normal?
 

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It looks like some good stuff is in that poop, but I've never seen it so dry! The urine sounds normal.
 

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It looks like some good stuff is in that poop, but I've never seen it so dry! The urine sounds normal.

Oh this one was a few hours old and had been baking in the sun all morning long, so definitely dry!
 

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I find it interesting that it just looks like a wad of grass, makes me wonder if any nutrients are being absorbed if it comes out practically intact? The succulents and weeds and such aren't identifiable in his droppings, so that's good I suppose.
 

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firstt time ive seen poop not look like poop:)

Right?? There is not a bit of anything in that particular sample to indicate that it is indeed, a poo. I am quite happy with the fact that they aren't smelly and loose and/or watery, because he's starting to leave more and more of these little packages about, and I don't necessarily get them cleaned up right away. So it's like there are random little wads of grass here and there. :D
 

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Right?? There is not a bit of anything in that particular sample to indicate that it is indeed, a poo. I am quite happy with the fact that they aren't smelly and loose and/or watery, because he's starting to leave more and more of these little packages about, and I don't necessarily get them cleaned up right away. So it's like there are random little wads of grass here and there. :D
Are you sure that that's what he poops out? Like have you seen him actually poop it out?:)
Before i used to see like a couple of strands of grass in my tort's poop, so what i did was cut the grass into small pieces.. haven't seen them in his poop since:)
 

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I don't know if it's good taste it . ha-ha just kidding . Looks like you've been feeding him good .
 

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That is normal looking for a sulcata that eats lots of grass. All that fiber moving through them is a good thing.
 

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Right on, glad to have some back up that I'm doing good by him, I have been researching and studyingand soaking up everything I can here to make sure I'm being a good tortoise mum! :tort:;)
 

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Your lucky your tort even poops
I got my baby cherry head about 3 days ago. Is it normal for it not to poop???
 

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Your lucky your tort even poops
I got my baby cherry head about 3 days ago. Is it normal for it not to poop???
Did you get your tort by mail? Your little one may still be stressed by being sent through the mail.
 

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It looks like some good stuff is in that poop, but I've never seen it so dry! The urine sounds normal.
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Hoffy has been eating only grass, succulents, and other backyard goodies for quite awhile now, and I know others are proud of their tortoise poops, so I wanted to see if I had good ones too!:p:p
Hi. Looks alright.
 
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