General Care Discussion :: No poop for a week

[Miss Tee]

So Miss Tee is looking fine--eating, (begging for food), playing (with her little plastic lizard) swimming, diving...

but she hasn't pooped in a week! And since I put the heater in (76 degrees) she is not basking as much as she used to..

Also, she is really shedding skin--but I attribute that to the fact that after a-year-and-a-half of crappy care, she is now eating vegetables, got a larger tank..etc., etc., and she is now sloughing off the old stuff. So Im trying to stay calm about that. It's the other thing that has me concerned...

So the question is: Should I be worried about her not pooping? Maybe this is normal? Are there any types of food (cucumber) that would help here?

(Formerly had gravel in her tank, but I got rid of it)

Thanks,
Miss T

[steve]

If everything else is normal then I think she's fine. My female RES is unpredictable with her poop - she'll eat it too, so I'm sure I'm missing some of it.

[worldpeace]

I've never been able to find poop in any of my two turtle tanks. It could be that Miss Tee is pooping and the poop is "gone" by the time you check on her.

[Miss Tee]

OK, THX!!!

(I'm trying to clean up the shedding skin by using a water conditioner--adds bacteria and enzymes)