White Poo

Hey everyone, Just after i bathed my tortoise i give it a bit water cress. About 5 mins later she has a poo and it was white. Is this normal?

Please note: Its previous owner was only feeding it lettuce and i am not taking her off of it with veg and things she should be eating. Could this be why her poo was white?

Thanks in advance!

Yes it is normal, they are called urates .
I love the explanation EmysEmys posted in the thread My tortoise pooped out some white stuffin "General dicussion"--->

Quoted from The Reptile Channel:


Tortoises produce urine and urates. Urine is the liquid portion stored in the urinary bladder. Urine contains waste products and toxins that are filtered from the bloodstream. Reptiles also have one more type of excretion product, called urates or uric acid. This is the end product of protein digestion and is also stored in the urinary bladder as a creamy, off-white pasty semi-solid. In reptiles, uric acid is cleared from the bloodstream by the kidneys. When the tortoise urinates, it will pass the liquid urine and the semi-solid urates at the same time. A tortoise may urinate and defecate at the same time, which may leave urate deposits on the fecal material. This will make the feces appear as if it is white or off-white.

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http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-My-tortoise-pooped-out-some-white-stuff#ixzz1EiyfypY8

If it's white and gritty... its probably urates.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread...ome-white-stuff?highlight=Urate#axzz1Ehku1KBK
That will tell you more about it.

Perfectly normal its just urates

Thanks! Thats what it is!