Poop

[Wendy Proulx]

We have had our Yellow Foot for about 3 weeks and last night he pooped for what I think is the first time since we have had him. Is that normal? It was quite large about 1.5 inches (He’s only about 3 inches) it was nice a formed. I just don’t know if they poop rarely or if he might be a little bit constipated. Thank you for any information.

 

[JoesMum]

It's possible you aren't finding all the poops.

How frequently do you soak your tortoise?

 

[Wendy Proulx]

Soaks are daily in the morning.

 

[JoesMum]

I suspect you are missing the poops in the substrate. At 1.5 inches, the poops aren't going to be very big.

Assuming your tort is getting at least 20 minutes in warm water every day and the correct diet then what goes in will generate poop out the other end. It's just hard to find until the tort gets bigger unless it happens in the soak water.


Is your tortoise otherwise active, eating and gaining weight?

 

[Wendy Proulx]

Yes, he acting fine. We were just surprised by the amount when we had him out last night. He also was making noises as it was coming out.

 

[Bee62]

Yes, he acting fine. We were just surprised by the amount when we had him out last night. He also was making noises as it was coming out.

Making noise while pooping can be a sign for too hard poop. What do you feed ?

 

[Wendy Proulx]

All fresh. He doesn’t like the tortoise diet food. Mixture of greens and veggies. Every other day he gets offereded some fruit. Started pumpkin this week, so I figure that will help

 

[Bee62]

All fresh. He doesn’t like the tortoise diet food. Mixture of greens and veggies. Every other day he gets offereded some fruit. Started pumpkin this week, so I figure that will help

That is astonishing. Fresh food should make a normal ( not to hard ) poop. Cucumber is known to make poop smoother.

 

[Wendy Proulx]

Ohh he loves cumcumber. He likes the English cumcumbers the best

 

[Bee62]

Ohh he loves cumcumber. He likes the English cumcumbers the best

Unfortunately cucumber is low in nutrition, but high in water.