Constipated?

mack_is_my_baby

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My tortoise Mack hasn’t pooped in several days. He’s a Speke’s Hingeback. I don’t track his bowel movements (although I definitely should and will here on out), but I know he hasn’t gone in a while since I clean out his poo.
Five days ago I have him a bath but he didn’t poop like he usually does, and he STILL HASNT GONE. He usually goes every four days or so, but it’s been about 6 or 7.
Any advice? Should I take him to the vet, give him another bath in hopes he’ll go (since the water helps him poop), or wait a day before jumping to action?
Also, there has been no recent changes in his diet or schedule


For background info on diet and his enclosure:

Diet: leafy greens such as collard greens, mustard greens, kale and romaine lettuce; sliced up carrots; occasional squash (every couple weeks)
He also has a pinch daily of his daily calcium powder and a pinch a week of vitamins.
He has water that he drinks when thirsty
Enclosure: terrarium with large water trey (large enough for him to sit in comfortably), food trey, hide (which he loves to sleep in), heating pad and UV/heat lamp for a basking area, mulch-like substrate
 

wellington

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I would cut back on the calcium to 2-3 times a week, not daily.
I would for now, to help him poop, give him some watery foods, cucumber, lettuce, water melon, etc. and soak in a large area so he can move around a lot and keep him in it for about an hour unless he poops before then.
 

mack_is_my_baby

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I would cut back on the calcium to 2-3 times a week, not daily.
I would for now, to help him poop, give him some watery foods, cucumber, lettuce, water melon, etc. and soak in a large area so he can move around a lot and keep him in it for about an hour unless he poops before then.

Thank you!
 

mack_is_my_baby

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I would cut back on the calcium to 2-3 times a week, not daily.
I would for now, to help him poop, give him some watery foods, cucumber, lettuce, water melon, etc. and soak in a large area so he can move around a lot and keep him in it for about an hour unless he poops before then.

Thanks for the advice! I soaked him for a while and he pooped! Cleared out now and so glad.
 
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