Bamm Bamm is peeing what stuff again i was told this was from low calcium? I give all the right foods and stuff i dont understand?
peeing white stuff again....?
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Some species of tortoise hold their urine inside them because they don't know when they're going to find the next drink. After the urine has been inside a tortoise for a while, and the tortoise's body had re-used the liquid in it, what you have left over is called urates. This is quite normal. Eventually the urates will get pee'd out. If they are hard and chalky, then your tortoise in NOT well hydrated. If they are runny or like cottage cheese, its normal. It has more to do with water and hydration than calcium.
ok thanks! Its cottage chesse but iv had him since last OCT he has a watter dish and i never seen him take a drink at all even when hes in the outdoors pen he has 3 dishes of water and never even try's to drink it just walks threw it? and i seen some sulcatas drink for 5mins.
When they're babies you can do forced soaking, but once they're big enough to live outside, you have to hope they get drinks as they need them. Providing clean water is the best you can do, and hope he drinks it.
Depending what your weather is like right now 
and depending on what size your tort is You can still soak him, if you need to you can use one of the kiddi pools or you can turn a sprinkler on as some like to drink from puddles vs water dishes....
I have a CDT that drinks soooo much when I turn the sprinkler on and to this day I have never seen him drink from his water dish when he is outside....
and depending on what size your tort is You can still soak him, if you need to you can use one of the kiddi pools or you can turn a sprinkler on as some like to drink from puddles vs water dishes....I have a CDT that drinks soooo much when I turn the sprinkler on and to this day I have never seen him drink from his water dish when he is outside....
hes a baby in lenght but 10yrs old at 11inches and 7lbs. I do soak him 2 times a week or so and he always has clean water just hope he drinks it... thanks u 2
They soaks will help keep him hydrated. My adults also have a waterer, but they all prefer to drink from dirty mud puddles. Either from the sprinklers or from the occasional rain.
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will do ill do that around 3 times a week if not more hope it gets better i picked him up today and white crap went all over lol
one of mine like the running hose.. and muddy water.. i bet they get some minerals that way!
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