General Care Discussion :: Too much poop???

[Rickiew04]

This may sound like a weird question, but I'm wondering how much Willy should poop. I say this because I cleaned out his temporary tank(still trying to finish cleaning his normal tank) yesterday, and this morning it looks like he has pooped ALOT!!! I can post pics if you want me too, I just thought that would be kinda gross...haha. I'm feeding him 5 pellets of reptomin baby a day(is that too much?), and I'm also throwing a piece of romaine lettuce in everyday (which he does eat!). Should I change anything? Could this be part of the recovery process from being sick?

[crock1120]

Turtles do poop a lot... I normally feed my turts about helf the size of their head everyday. That all depends on the size of the turtle. I guess it could be a part of recovering from being sick but my turtles always poop a lot.

[industrial_girl_2000]

If Willy is less than 2", you can probably scale down to 4 reptomin sticks a day. I just started doing 5 sticks a day now that Siobhan is slightly over 2" long (Siobhan's head seems to be getting bigger by the day & that's what I have been going on based on what people say on this board...."feed the amount that would fit inside the turtle's head if it were hollow"). And yes, I also feed some lettuce every day too.

[Evelyn]

Hi,
Is the poops very loose or are they well formed.
If they are loose stop the greens for while.
Evelyn

[Rickiew04]

The poops look like sausage links hooked together. And I'm feeding him reptomin BABY, so should I only feed him about 4 of those instead of 5? He's about 1in.

[RunninWideOpen]

I seem to have the opposite problem. I don't know if Crush is pooping at all. I've never seen his poop in the tank. The water is not dirty at all. He's not lethargic, and I have read that sometimes they'll eat their poop. But it would do me good to at least see poop in there every now and then to know all is well.

[Evelyn]

Sometimes the turtles pick a spot in the tank to poop in.
They all so break the poop into tiny particles wail moving around in the tank, the filter picks up the poop particles.
Evelyn

[industrial_girl_2000]

The poops look like sausage links hooked together. And I'm feeding him reptomin BABY, so should I only feed him about 4 of those instead of 5? He's about 1in.

Good distinction!

I feed my hatchling the regular adult reptomin so those sticks are obviously twice the size of the baby reptomin. On that note, continue feeding him 5-6 of the baby reptomin per day, and you can increase that amount gradually as he grows.

[marisa]

The poops you described sound normal for a hatchling. If you think he's really pooping a lot, you could experiment and cut down a little, a least feed less lettuce.

What's the water and basking area temp?