Urgent Care :: Eating Stones

[koch]

people my turtle just ate a stone, and not just one actually a few!!!

what will it do to her? i mean seriously i am so scared she is gonna die, i have never seen her eat stones before?????

help

[CountryGirl68]

First, get all the stones out of the tank. You need to watch her carefully; hopefully she will pass the stones in her poop today or tomorrow. If not, you will need to take her to the vet. The stones can cause her to become impacted which can be fatal to the turtle.

[Thirzty Turtle]

usually they are easy to pass. mine swallowed some and passed them.

[steve]

koch, Thirzty Turtle is flat out wrong to make that assumption without knowing more details about your situation.

How big were those stones? Was it gravel? How long have you had your turtle and the gravel/stones? Does your turtle feel noticeably heavier? Any irregular behaviour like little or no bowel movements, lack of activity, etc..

[koch]

yes it is more like gravel really, but they have varied sizes, but roughly it was about 2-3 mm in length i say about the size of a bean.

it has always had gravel in its tank, i thought it was meant to thats why i got them.

i really dont know how old the turtle is, my guess is its about 6 months old. its been growing great and fast.


i washed its tank and everything else (got a back ache from it), and then moved it into the living room, where it used to be before the renovations. i think it got a bit pissed off to be moved, perhaps.

the other thing you said was i should wash her!?!!??! really i had no idea i needed to wash her, how in the world must i do that?

the funny thing is there was food in the tank, but it wouldn't take any notice of the food.

[flutterby]

She said watch.. not wash.

[koch]

i just been panik mode since yesterday.

since i moved her into the living room she just aint herself. she like just floates about. my tank is huge i really cannot take out all the gravel, that would be totally impossible.

i mean impossible, but just so long.

i watched her poo once, by accident though i mean

anyway and she ate the thing i was like whaaaaaaaaaat

it was bad enough coz i never saw her poo before and now she was eating the thing.

anyway ok what else can i do? do you think its coz i moved her? she only eating the shrimps now, she wont eat the pallets.

[Hoooneylynn]

You need to take all the gravel out. Nothing is impossible. I cant imagine what size of tank you are talking about. Even if I had a swimming pool full of gravel, I would get it all OUT, if it meant SAFETY for my turt, and knowing my turt wouldnt find it, eat it, and possibly die.