Uhh is this just poop... ?

ArchieTheTort

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Alright so Archie was in his bath and he was scrabbling around after ten minutes and I took him out and saw this, it looks similar to my snakes poo, in that it’s white but I don’t know , is it like urates or something ... please help( they look a lot more white compared to the photo.....) image.jpg
 

Tom

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Yes. That is urates. Its a by-product of protein digestion and urates form when there is not enough water. You might want to consider soaking more often, adding a humid hide, and increasing ambient humidity a bit.
 

ArchieTheTort

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( first woah I can’t believe you replied cause your like the person who knows everything about tortoises :0) second , thank you so much for responding I thought it was urates but wasn’t positive so I’ll do the stuff you suggested to get Archie hydrated better ( thank you again)
 
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