Big white blob of disgustingness

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Hey guys! So Ginger has been doing really well for a long time until just two days ago. I found two HUGE white blobs in her cage. I know that sometimes she pees white and it's normal, but I've never seen one this big before. The next day, another one appeared. I haven't changed much.

She has heat and UV. I had temporarily removed the water due to a different issue in the past (but would soaked her) I put the water back in in case it means she's dehydrated.
She's still eating, active, and pooping. She was a tad constipated, but is doing better. She ate cucumber and zucchini the day the poop occurred. She is used to eating these things.
Please let me know what this means! Thanks!IMG_20180111_163211.jpg
 

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I think that's just uric acid to be completely honest, which from what I understand is the waste created from protein. I'm new though so if anyone else disagrees with what I said in this thread I would believe them
 

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I think that's just uric acid to be completely honest, which from what I understand is the waste created from protein. I'm new though so if anyone else disagrees with what I said in this thread I would believe them
I was wondering the same thing, could they possibly be urates? Are they hard and gritty or are they more of like a toothpaste texture. Toothpaste texture is what you're shooting for.
 

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Only thing I can think of is either urates or stone. Either way, I don't think either is good in that size. Up the soaks, water always should be available 24/7 and a couple days feed cucumber, water melon and lettuce, high water content foods always my with a proper diet
 

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It looks like urates, and they look too dry. They should be liquid or creamy. It looks like she is dehydrated.
 

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These white "stones" are urates that are hardened. Lucky she was able to get them out.
What do you feed ?
Your tort needs water to drink every day and soaks.
 

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Thank you everyone! They are not toothpaste texture, they are hard. I think they might have been soft when she peed them out but I wasn't home. So it sounds like my tortoise is dehydrated. I will definitely up the soaks and I have water in there now 24/7. Never taking the water bowl out again, terrible idea to get rid of shell rot. :( My poor baby! Worst tortoise mommy ever.:(:(
Anyways, thank you all so much for the advice! I'll try to give her a few more "water based" foods and be sure to soak her every day if not every other day. You guys are awesome! Thank you again!
PS I don't think they are stones because they are super light and crumbly
 

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Thank you everyone! They are not toothpaste texture, they are hard. I think they might have been soft when she peed them out but I wasn't home. So it sounds like my tortoise is dehydrated. I will definitely up the soaks and I have water in there now 24/7. Never taking the water bowl out again, terrible idea to get rid of shell rot. :( My poor baby! Worst tortoise mommy ever.:(:(
Anyways, thank you all so much for the advice! I'll try to give her a few more "water based" foods and be sure to soak her every day if not every other day. You guys are awesome! Thank you again!
PS I don't think they are stones because they are super light and crumbly
No, the stones wasn`t surely not soft when she peed them out. I know that because when I soak my tortoises they sometimes leave tiny hard things ( beginning of stones ) in the water. These are urates that had become hard. And yes, they are stones although they are light. When they don`t come out they will get bigger and bigger ( and harder and harder ) and when they once are too big they cause bladder issues.
Sulcatas do not tend having shell rot.
 
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