Hello,
I had to share with you because about 2 weeks ago I had made a chopped up base of curly kale
& arugulla for Sheldon. I gave it for about 10 days with a topping of fruit or veggies.
I had been keeping him outside during the days with our afternoons reaching into the low 90's.
He loved the kale. He had never had it before. Then one day after work I saw this in his enclosure....
First, I thought it looked like pollen. I looked above & below the enclosure to see if it came from an
outside source. It was only inside. I inspected Sheldon from top to bottom & there was no yellow
on him at all. Then I had to touch it to see exactly what it was. It was like touching paint that had
slightly dried on the surface. The interior portion was smooth, not grity. So that lead me to believe
Sheldon had passed urates. ( I considered that maybe he had thrown up, but had no idea what that would
have looked like !)
My work schedule was about to change & with passing afternoon showers I had been planning on keeping
Sheldon in for awhile anyways. Now I could observe him better anyways. Last month he weighted 5.25 oz
with an SCL of 3.5 inches.
I searched the internet & really could not find anything like this. Possibly that his urates turned yellow
from Riboflavin B2.
I immediately stopped serving kale & returned to spring mix with different fruit/veggie toppings.
The yellow urates never did happen again. I have not seen any visible urates since. He poops fine.
Oddly enough, he poops the size of one of his rear legs. He loves his humid hide. So much so
that I was concerned he might not be getting enough UV. But his shell looks good & he seems very
happy. So it has been about 2 weeks since & he seems fine. Do you think it is lesson learned, Don't feed
kale so much.....? Thanks for reading.
I had to share with you because about 2 weeks ago I had made a chopped up base of curly kale
& arugulla for Sheldon. I gave it for about 10 days with a topping of fruit or veggies.
I had been keeping him outside during the days with our afternoons reaching into the low 90's.
He loved the kale. He had never had it before. Then one day after work I saw this in his enclosure....
First, I thought it looked like pollen. I looked above & below the enclosure to see if it came from an
outside source. It was only inside. I inspected Sheldon from top to bottom & there was no yellow
on him at all. Then I had to touch it to see exactly what it was. It was like touching paint that had
slightly dried on the surface. The interior portion was smooth, not grity. So that lead me to believe
Sheldon had passed urates. ( I considered that maybe he had thrown up, but had no idea what that would
have looked like !)
My work schedule was about to change & with passing afternoon showers I had been planning on keeping
Sheldon in for awhile anyways. Now I could observe him better anyways. Last month he weighted 5.25 oz
with an SCL of 3.5 inches.
I searched the internet & really could not find anything like this. Possibly that his urates turned yellow
from Riboflavin B2.
I immediately stopped serving kale & returned to spring mix with different fruit/veggie toppings.
The yellow urates never did happen again. I have not seen any visible urates since. He poops fine.
Oddly enough, he poops the size of one of his rear legs. He loves his humid hide. So much so
that I was concerned he might not be getting enough UV. But his shell looks good & he seems very
happy. So it has been about 2 weeks since & he seems fine. Do you think it is lesson learned, Don't feed
kale so much.....? Thanks for reading.