Any thoughts?

[Tori67]

My tort is very hydrated.. he’s been getting cucumber for hydration, and I spray his lettuce every day.

He cannot get soaked due to a recent bladder stone surgery.

He still passes chalky urates and I’m confused because I’ve been doing EVERYTHING to keep him hydrated.

Any idea what’s going on?

 

[crimson_lotus]

do you feed him more than lettuce and cucumber? needs a varied diet with more substance

 

[TammyJ]

A lot more information is needed for anyone here to have any ideas as to how he could be helped. Please post the facts behind this situation, along with pictures if you can, and details of his husbandry.

 

[Tori67]

A lot more information is needed for anyone here to have any ideas as to how he could be helped. Please post the facts behind this situation, along with pictures if you can, and details of his husbandry.

So, he eats all sorts of lettuce from the grocery store that are safe (no spinach of course). He gets dandelion, turnip greens, mustard, radicchio, etc. He gets TNT supplement, and I have a bunch of dried weeds from Kapidolo farm that I sprinkle every day for more nutrients

He had a bladder stone surgery about 3 months ago, and he isn’t allowed to be soaked just yet. He is also only been on paper towel because his plastron isn’t fully healed, and the environment needs to be as sterile as possible. I know it’s not ideal, but I’m not going to risk him getting an infection

 

[Tori67]

do you feed him more than lettuce and cucumber? needs a varied diet with more substance

He eats all sorts of things!! Varied greens from the store, and weeds during summer because I live in a cold climate. He gets dried weeds from kapidolo farms on top of grocery store greens (plantain, mulberry, cactus, etc)

 

[Maro2Bear]

What does the enclosure look like?

How are you heating?

 

[Tori67]

What does the enclosure look like?

How are you heating?

His enclosure his 11x8 and it is a tortoise table. I’m heating with 2 flood lights, UVB strip, and a heat emitter on the other side during winter time

 

[Tom]

My tort is very hydrated.. he’s been getting cucumber for hydration, and I spray his lettuce every day.

He cannot get soaked due to a recent bladder stone surgery.

He still passes chalky urates and I’m confused because I’ve been doing EVERYTHING to keep him hydrated.

Any idea what’s going on?

What species?
What substrate?
What is the humidity?

 

[Tim Carlisle]

What species?
What substrate?
What is the humidity?

You beat me to it

 

[Tori67]

What species?
What substrate?
What is the humidity?

Greek tortoise
Substrate currently is paper towels because he NEEDS to have a sterile environment (after his bladder stone surgery, he is still healing)
Humidity is always between 40-60%

 

[Tori67]

It’s just very frustrating because I’m doing all I can to hydrate him without soaking because I can’t right now, and it isn’t affecting his urates. I’m just confused

 

[Tim Carlisle]

Greek tortoise
Substrate currently is paper towels because he NEEDS to have a sterile environment (after his bladder stone surgery, he is still healing)
Humidity is always between 40-60%

Just curious, but did the vet happen to test for any kidney damage?

 

[Tori67]

Just curious, but did the vet happen to test for any kidney damage?

Yes, they have checked literally every organ to make sure everything is working properly with multiple blood tests and the results came back that everything looks great