Runny poop.

[Anyfoot]

I'm posting this on behalf of the new member @Tiny Tim and Voldetort who hasn't worked out how to start a new thread yet.
The species is a leopard.
Tort has runny stool and I think it's diet related with iceberg lettuce been high on the menu because of limited food availablety.
I'll let the experts advise.

If a mod can alter this post to @Tiny Tim and Voldetort that would be great. Thanks.

 

[Tiny Tim and Voldetort]

so where I live I dont have much to provide
I only have tomatoes, Potatoes, Peas, Fruits, Cabbage, Lettuce, Chinese veggies ( cant read ) , Eggplants, Bok Choy, Iceberg Lettuce (EXTREMELY POPULAR WHERE I AM, its everywhere) Pumpkin and ginger

 

[Tiny Tim and Voldetort]

I mix in Hay to attempt to get some fiber into their diet, they still eat it and its my only source of fiber.

 

[daniellenc]

Where do you live? Potatoes, tomatoes, peas, ginger, and eggplant shouldn't be fed. Leopards need grasses and greens which should be available at most markets readily?

 

[Tiny Tim and Voldetort]

Not where I live I live In Hong Kong and I know I am not supposed to feed potatoes and tomatoes and etc.

 

[Tiny Tim and Voldetort]

The only greens where I live is Chinese Cabbage, iceberg Lettuce, Chinese veggies and spinach. Spinach isnt good for them though

 

[Alaskamike]

My Leopard has a runny poop sometimes. I can almost predict it based on what has been recently fed.

"Normal" stool should look like a tube of brown half digested grass & weeds roled up.

Spinach is better for him than some of the other stuff you mentioned. Do you ever see an item called " Spring Mix" ? It usually ( here in U.S. ). is sold in a plastic container or plastic bag & has a variety of leafy greens. Does regular grass grow in Hong kong ? If so, & you can find an area not treated with bug pray , you can get clippings & feed.

Can you order Mazuri Tortoise pellets there ? That would help allot.

The other option is to grow it yourself in trays.

You may need to become a horticulturist & grow some plants for him.

Good fortune to you.

 

[Tiny Tim and Voldetort]

I have seen something called spring mix... Its organic right?

 

[Tiny Tim and Voldetort]

 

[Tiny Tim and Voldetort]

But can they ear everything in the spring mix or do i have to pick some out (im not sure if mine is identical to this one)

 

[Alaskamike]

Yes , they can eat everything in it. Sometimes you find it with almost all spinich , but the bigger variety one is better.

Some says " organic" on label some not. I'm not worried about that. Some get all wound up in " organic". I don't get it - but to each his own.

Sprinkle some calcium powder on it

That would be a vast improvement to potatoes, eggplant , & iceburg lettus. It's a good start.

 

[Alaskamike]

oh ... btw, tomatoe , tomato....is a no no

 

[Tiny Tim and Voldetort]

ive never fed them that .. I dont have calcium powder but i will be getting some cuttlebone soon for them to munch on

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I like this list.
The ones in bold are best.
http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/nutrientanalysis.htm
And a very warm welcome to Tortoise Forum to you and Voldetort.

 

[Tiny Tim and Voldetort]

hahah thanks i actually have 2 tortoises and one is tiny tim and on is voldetort hahha

 

[Tiny Tim and Voldetort]

too bad they dont sell kale where I am

 

[Alaskamike]

Great !
I would think Hong Kong, being a major city has a good number of tortoise keepers. Do you have a zoo ? Sometimes keepers there will share their sources for getting food.

I know it can be expensive , but the mazuri Tortois food comes in 25lb bags. It would last a long time. And here ( in U.S ) can be ordered online.

It also is not bad to let them eat a bit of squash once a month. I half cook it , & mine all love it like candy. Squash has a negative effect on worms ( they don't like it ).

If you find plants they can eat at a nursery, just know to keep them from it for about 4 months till all the systemic bug killer can get out of the leaves.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

too bad they dont sell kale where I am

Yes they do! Or in Hong Kong, anyway.
https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/green-queens-definitive-guide-kale-hong-kong/
You probably get far more stuff there than I can find in Fes.
Welcome, Tiny Tim.

 

[daniellenc]

Wait Hong Kong????? You have GREAT produce over there my friend is over there for a year as a translator. You can definitely get lettuce mixes like spring mix, a variety of cabbages, radish greens, and all sorts of stuff!!

 

[Tiny Tim and Voldetort]

Wait Hong Kong????? You have GREAT produce over there my friend is over there for a year as a translator. You can definitely get lettuce mixes like spring mix, a variety of cabbages, radish greens, and all sorts of stuff!!

I have spring mix but radish greens near where I live are really like brown and sort of rotten and i live FAAR FAR AWAY i live in new territories which is pretty far from most places

Yes they do! Or in Hong Kong, anyway.
https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/green-queens-definitive-guide-kale-hong-kong/
You probably get far more stuff there than I can find in Fes.
Welcome, Tiny Tim.

I went to one of the most biggest groccery stores and i didnt find any kale D: