Rocky219
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Hi my 4-5 year old female tortoise Rocky has been pooping less often and in much smaller amounts. I have been trying to get her to defecate a normal amount for the past 3 days. I have been giving her 40 minute soaks in 95f water temp. I usually soak her 3 or 4 times a week for 20 minutes. I always keep the humidity above 50% with spider plants and somewhat wet bedding. Today she didn't eat and yesterday she only ate the pellets but other than that her appetite has been fine. She has been hiding a lot more too. I take the temp with a temp gun and found out it was a little too hot so I raised the light. I made this post because I want to find out if dehydration is the reason for her constipation. A lot of the tortoise dehydration symptoms are the same as the constipation ones. This is the first time that she has been constipated. Tomorrow I'm going to give her some laxatives. Any responses are appreciated