Tort poop full of bark

[Ben02]

Hi,
I adopted this tortoise the other day from a lady who couldn’t look after her anymore. The tortoise eats well and it quite active however she struggled to poop today, after she finally pooped I inspected it and was shocked to find it was full of beach chips. Right now I’m giving her a nice soak, any suggestions would be most appreciated.

 

[jsheffield - In Memoriam]

Frequent and long soaks in warm water, along with adding some Aloe Vera (which helps them poop) to your regular feeding regimen should help your tort get rid of any lingering bark.

Good on you for helping out the tort.

Jamie

 

[Ben02]

Frequent and long soaks in warm water, along with adding some Aloe Vera (which helps them poop) to your regular feeding regimen should help your tort get rid of any lingering bark.

Good on you for helping out the tort.

Jamie

Excellent, thank you so much Jamie

 

[Yvonne G]

We don't know why the tortoise ate bark, if he was hungry or what. But a plentiful, good diet should help. Also, there's a product that supplies lots of minerals (which the tortoise may be looking for in the substrate) that will help - Miner-all, mfg'd by Sticky Tongue Farms.

 

[Ben02]

We don't know why the tortoise ate bark, if he was hungry or what. But a plentiful, good diet should help. Also, there's a product that supplies lots of minerals (which the tortoise may be looking for in the substrate) that will help - Miner-all, mfg'd by Sticky Tongue Farms.

Thank you Yvonne, I’ve been using repashi tortoise supplement which has lots of minerals but I shall look into the ones you have suggested.

 

[dmmj]

Nothing but good long soaks for now just.watch her to make sure everything is moving at a good pace.

 

[TammyJ]

Hi. What do you by "beach chips"? Maybe the substrate needs to be changed to something else?

 

[Ben02]

Hi. What do you by "beach chips"? Maybe the substrate needs to be changed to something else?

I adopted her last Friday, her previous owner used beach wood chips for substrate, I use coco coir.