General Care Discussion :: Turtle Poop....

[Mandyb]

Sooooo....I will admit i have never really seen my turtle poop....Tonight she did and it kind of worried me....It was solid but still very liquidy at the same time....(Bugger did it right in front just to be gross:P she looked very smug while doing this) should i be worried that this is like dihareea..(bad spelling) or do most turtles poop some solid and some liquid....she eats reptomin pellts also i feed her some lettuce not alot , she gets carrots, those turtle jello shots hehe , and some fruit here and there... mostly blueberries or grapes...

[bradmeisel]

What is her living situation? tank size, temp, lighting, basking area etc... If that's ok, it's probrably all the fruit and veggies she gets. If the poop is a dark color, I would think you have nothing to worry about. But, keep an eye on her.

Alot of others are much more knowledgable and helpful than me. I'm sure one of them will be posting shortly.

[Mandyb]

her tanks at 76 she has a UVA and a UVB lamp and one of those zoo med basking areas....the only thing is shes not getting fruits and veggies everyday....or a whole lot of them either.... and the jello shots are a treat for her since i put a whole lot of tuna in them hehe

[Arisu]

what do you mean its solid but they have diarrhea? if the general shape of the excrement is somewhat like a pellet, even if its a little "wet" looking, they should be fine. unless its straight up runny poo, I don't think you have to worry too much

[TheComputerGremlin]

The poo will resemble what you feed. If you feed pellets exclusively, it will be composed of pellets and pellet-colored. If you feed too many veggies, esp. lettuce, it will be runny and fall apart easily. But even the pellet-only poo, if you would touch it, it will crumble.

Diarrhea will be nasty, vomit-like. I'm going to go out and say she's not getting enough veggies and too much protein in the form of tuna. Those jello shots are intended as a means for getting veggies in, so there should be minimal tuna. Otherwise, they are nothing more than a monthly treat.

[Mandyb]

see its both....like its both solid and runny?..... i dont feed her those jello shots more than once a month...she gets her fair share of veggies...like i said it came out as both...it came out solid but like runny at the same time....it honestly looked like she was constipated for awhile and then pushed really hard...no blood though....she gets veggies about three times a week like i said those jello shots happen no more than once a month....

[megcornell]

That sounds fine. Turtles don't always poop completely solid masses. When my turtles go, there's always a sort of dusty debris around that's less than solid, it's just a mix of what they've eaten like computergremlin said.

[moldygrape]

YEA IT SOUNDS FINE

[Mandyb]

Awesome megcornell that discribes it like perfectly dusty debris....