Not pooping

[Blgreek08]

Ok so I haven't seen any poop in the enclosure and she hasn't pooped in her daily soak. It's been three days. The other Guy poops like two times a day.... Im worried

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[gieseygirly]

RE: Not popping

I had the same problem with my leopard baby just a week ago. Finally, on the fourth day, he went. And when he went, HE WENT! It was like all four days came out in one soaking....lol. Just make sure he's getting lots of fibrous greens.

 

[wellington]

Sometimes they will eat their own poop. In case this isn't the situation, give her a nice warm soak in a larger soaking area, like the tub, where she can move around alot. Walking and squirming to get out will sometimes get things moving.

 

[Blgreek08]

Re: Not popping

What would you count as fibrous greens.

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[Blgreek08]

Thank you God!!!!! We have poop lol

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[gieseygirly]

Thank you God!!!!! We have poop lol

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Yay

 

[IBeenEasy]

i haven an elongated tort..so i know its a lil diff... but how often are the yearlings suppose to go? i feel like sometimes mines goes almost a week with no "poop" loll... this often worries me, but she seems completely healthy other then this, and i know my temps are good.. 74 - 78 at night... 75 -85 day...and about 97 -100 f for her hot spot... how often should she be going?? she was on spring mix for a daily feed, but just last week i went and got some of the tort food that comes in nuggets and you wet to soften...can any one help me out?

 

[Blgreek08]

Not sure. Mine usually go daily in there soak

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[wellington]

i haven an elongated tort..so i know its a lil diff... but how often are the yearlings suppose to go? i feel like sometimes mines goes almost a week with no "poop" loll... this often worries me, but she seems completely healthy other then this, and i know my temps are good.. 74 - 78 at night... 75 -85 day...and about 97 -100 f for her hot spot... how often should she be going?? she was on spring mix for a daily feed, but just last week i went and got some of the tort food that comes in nuggets and you wet to soften...can any one help me out?

You need to feed a bigger variety of items. Just spring mix and tortoise pellets is not a good diet at all. Check out the tortoisetable.org for a varity of safe plants too feed and add as many as possible to the diet.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

i haven an elongated tort..so i know its a lil diff... but how often are the yearlings suppose to go? i feel like sometimes mines goes almost a week with no "poop" loll... this often worries me, but she seems completely healthy other then this, and i know my temps are good.. 74 - 78 at night... 75 -85 day...and about 97 -100 f for her hot spot... how often should she be going?? she was on spring mix for a daily feed, but just last week i went and got some of the tort food that comes in nuggets and you wet to soften...can any one help me out?

You need to feed a bigger variety of items. Just spring mix and tortoise pellets is not a good diet at all. Check out the tortoisetable.org for a varity of safe plants too feed and add as many as possible to the diet.

Yup...along with spring mix, ofter your tort carrot slivers, cactus pads, turnip, collard, and beet greens, and other dark green leafy veggies, and whatever weeds (dandelions, prickly lettuce, plantain and other broadleafs) grow in your area.

The tortoise pellets/kibble (mine like Marion Red Sticks, which one of our members, Coastal, sells) is a once a week thing, soaked and mixed with greens, but not more often than that, during the late spring/summer/early fall (in other words, outside time.).

OTOH, during the winter, when fresh weeds are hard/impossible to get, I feed mine dried weeds, mixed with soaked tortoise kibble about every other feeding (3X weekly). That's when kibble's really handy. Start collecting weeds immediately and hang 'em up to dry. When dry, stuff the leaves and smaller stems in gallon jars. You can also dry dark greens and fill up a jar w/ them the same way.

A really large elongated might go through two 1-gallon jars over the winter.

More variety, healthier tortoise...and a more "regular" tortoise, as well! !

 

[mikeh]

Re: RE: Not pooping

i haven an elongated tort..so i know its a lil diff... but how often are the yearlings suppose to go? i feel like sometimes mines goes almost a week with no "poop" loll... this often worries me, but she seems completely healthy other then this, and i know my temps are good.. 74 - 78 at night... 75 -85 day...and about 97 -100 f for her hot spot... how often should she be going?? she was on spring mix for a daily feed, but just last week i went and got some of the tort food that comes in nuggets and you wet to soften...can any one help me out?

You need to feed a bigger variety of items. Just spring mix and tortoise pellets is not a good diet at all. Check out the tortoisetable.org for a varity of safe plants too feed and add as many as possible to the diet.

Yup...along with spring mix, ofter your tort carrot slivers, cactus pads, turnip, collard, beet and other dark green leafy veggies, and whatever weeds (dandelions, prickly lettuce, plantain and other broadleafs) grow in your area.

The tortoise pellets/kibble (mine like Marion Red Sticks, which one of our members, Coastal, sells) is a once a week thing, soaked and mixed with greens, but not more often than that, during the late spring/summer/early fall (in other words, outside time.).

OTOH, during the winter, when fresh weeds are hard/impossible to get, I feed mine dried weeds, mixed with soaked tortoise kibble. That's when kibble's really handy.

More variety, healthier tortoise!

Offer protein. In wild elongated consume much larger amounts of protein then other species.

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[IBeenEasy]

my tort gets a big variety guys lol..i just listed her main diet..she has earth worms all the time , i give her fruits (strawberry, cantaloupe, banana ect) ..i give her dandelion greens mixed in with fruits or spring mix... the only thing she hasnt had which i know is my bad are flowers...i dont were to get safe flowers for feeding..i dont feel safe buying them or taking them from outside..is there any food specificly , that might cause her to relive her self?