What is this?

[Caboose]

I found it in Michelangelo's food dish
the white stuff???


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

 

[wellington]

Looks like urates too me. Was there any poop or pee in the dish too?

 

[Caboose]

I think there was pee no poop


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

 

[Levi the Leopard]

I second the urates.

Sent from my TFOapp

 

[Caboose]

What are urates? Are they bad???


My Sulcata Michelangelo[TURTLE]
and my RedFoot Raphael [TURTLE]

 

[wellington]

No, they are not bad. If they have them all the time or they are real gritty, or hard then the tort needs more hydration. Texture of creamy tooth paste is not bad. It is the release of unused calcium, if my memory serves me right.

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

Not calcium at all. It is a consolidation of nitrogenous waste. Birds have a similar elimination process.

Do a wiki search for all the details.

Will

 

[mikeh]

Re: RE: What is this?

Not calcium at all. It is a consolidation of nitrogenous waste. Birds have a similar elimination process.

Do a wiki search for all the details.

Will

What does it mean if urates are not produced at all? Referring to a leopard tort.

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[Yvonne G]

Some species of tortoise do not produce urates. I've never seen them in my leopard pen.