My 15month sully has started laying very gritty urates and I don't understand why. I thought urates were all about hydration? For the first 2weeks of his life (at the breeders) he was kept very dry on newspaper with no water but since then I have soaked him everyday, kept his enclosure humid and he quite often drinks from his water bowl which he walks through multiple times a day. His diet is strictly grass and he gets a weed snack after his bath each day. Up until the past fortnight his urates have been minimal but very watery and diluted with urine when passed.
Is there another factor to urates?? Could they be from those first two weeks? If so why now?
I've gave him some aloe for extra hydration but not sure what's going on here any advice??
Is there another factor to urates?? Could they be from those first two weeks? If so why now?
I've gave him some aloe for extra hydration but not sure what's going on here any advice??