OK, I'm sorry to start another poop thread, but it has been close to a week since I last saw a Taco turd at my house.
She has been eating pretty well, even gained some weight (Yay!!) at her last weigh-in. She has been outside several times this last week in the warm weather, so it is possible she pooped in her enclosure. I have checked it carefully these last few days and see no unequivocal proof that she has "gone".
I guess it is possible she ate her own poop, though I have never seen her do that. She usually poops in warm spots and proudly walks away from it: "Just look at what I left you!"
She's not super fond of soakings, but today I put her in for about 15 minutes, which used to work very reliably as a mild laxative. Still no poop!
Her daily diet is endive and dark green lettuce, pumpkin or butternut squash, a piece of prickly pear fruit, one Mazuri pellet, and either grape or watermelon puree (just enough to coat the rest), all chopped and mixed together and then sprinkled with a little TNT and calcium.
How often do your tortoises poop? How long should I give her to excrete before taking her to the vet? She seems normal and happy other than the missing digestive "end product".
She has been eating pretty well, even gained some weight (Yay!!) at her last weigh-in. She has been outside several times this last week in the warm weather, so it is possible she pooped in her enclosure. I have checked it carefully these last few days and see no unequivocal proof that she has "gone".
I guess it is possible she ate her own poop, though I have never seen her do that. She usually poops in warm spots and proudly walks away from it: "Just look at what I left you!"
She's not super fond of soakings, but today I put her in for about 15 minutes, which used to work very reliably as a mild laxative. Still no poop!
Her daily diet is endive and dark green lettuce, pumpkin or butternut squash, a piece of prickly pear fruit, one Mazuri pellet, and either grape or watermelon puree (just enough to coat the rest), all chopped and mixed together and then sprinkled with a little TNT and calcium.
How often do your tortoises poop? How long should I give her to excrete before taking her to the vet? She seems normal and happy other than the missing digestive "end product".