Hard dry poop

squirrelkitty

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I see two different enclosures. Which one does he live in?

Constipation is usually due to:
  1. Lack of exercise/small enclosure. Doesn't appear to be your problem.
  2. Lack of hydration. With daily soaks, doesn't appear to be your problem, but I'd soak for an hour a day given the situation.
  3. Something they ate. I see moss in your one enclosure. That is the most likely culprit. The plantain wouldn't block him up and a little incidental coir ingestion shouldn't either.
The one with the logs is not his enclosure. It's his playground, he spends an hour or two climbing in there, one to 5 times a week depending on our availability.
He doesn't have constipation as such. In fact, he has been pooping loads... It's just that some of his turds were huge and drier than normal. Maybe he just eats too much...
 

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That would be great! There are some good ideas in the Enclosures thread.
4x8 is the minimum recommended size - but the bigger the better!!
I've measured the spare room. He can have an enclosure a little bigger than 8x4. I've asked some carpenters for a quote. Haha, he'll get lost in there. He's only the size of a medium potato.
 

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I see two different enclosures. Which one does he live in?

Constipation is usually due to:
  1. Lack of exercise/small enclosure. Doesn't appear to be your problem.
  2. Lack of hydration. With daily soaks, doesn't appear to be your problem, but I'd soak for an hour a day given the situation.
  3. Something they ate. I see moss in your one enclosure. That is the most likely culprit. The plantain wouldn't block him up and a little incidental coir ingestion shouldn't either.
PS: it is possible that he ate some of the moss. I'll remove it.
 

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He's just pooped out two portions of the hard poo. They were greenish brown. He had to strain a lot again and farted a lot before they came out.
 

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Actually I wouldn’t be too concerned about that. Plenty of fibre in it. That looks like a nice firm “getting a good diet” poop.

Keep up with what you’re doing, including the soaks.

I know you’re neurotic about him climbing and tipping, we all are, but at that size he really needs a cover over the enclosure to keep the humidity high and the temperatures correct and him healthy. You cannot regulate either as it is. He also needs plants/decor to break up sight lines and provide shelter to reduce stress.

Some people put a mini greenhouse tent thing over the enclosure. Something like this. Make sure the lights don’t touch it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Verdemax-2490-Shelves-Azalea-Greenhouse/dp/B00KC0HZU6/
Got the hygrometer. The humidity is 67% in the Open-top box, 70 is recommended. So once we get the perspex sheet his box will probably turn into a steam bath.
 

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