BornInTheBoot
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Does your tort having no urates automatically mean well hydrated, or are there other factors that could cause the urates to not be formed?
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What kind of tortoise do you have? Some, like the leopards never expell urates.
My Russian who does, doesn't all the time.
My Russian who does, doesn't all the time.
BornInTheBoot
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I have a sulcata. His urates used to be very gritty and would happen all the time when I first got him. Then the longer i had him they started to be like smooth and creamy. And now they rarely rarely ever happen
Smooth not gritty is good. Sounds like he's well hydrated. I don't know for sure, but it would make more sense for a well hydrated tort not to produce as much as a tort that isn't well hydrated.
This is a good sign that your tortoise is now well hydrated.
