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Hi all,
I'm concerned for Otis. She is a Hermann's hatchling, 7 months old and has been active since I've got her. She eats and drinks and roams regularly. I soak her for twenty minutes each day in warm water, and her diet varies between water cress, wild rocket, dandelion leaves on occasion, lamb's lettuce, radicchio, cucumber on occasion, a weed from my garden that has a long name but is safe to feed, clover on occasion, mulberry leaves and whatever else I can scrounge from my garden, walks or supermarket. I sprinkle her food with water every other day and she gets Nutrobal sprinklings too.
For the last two days, she didn't poop. I kept calm but watchful about it as I know they don't have a "regular" poop cycle and can also "recycle" their poop. Today, after soaking, she pooped twice. And then...she passed a urate. I picked it up and was astonished to see that it was hard. It was very small, smaller than a pea, round and hard. I was surprised because all urates that she has passed before have been the consistency of toothpaste. She passed this particular urate / stone easily and didn't seem to bothered by it. I'm afraid I don't have any pictures as I only noticed its hard feel below the tissue just before I dropped it into the bin.
She hasn't seemed lethargic, stressed, or showing any signs of being ill. However I know these stones / hard urates are an immediate alarm bell. Do I need to take her to the vet?
She came to me on Christmas Eve. I'm not trying to pin the blame on anyone else here, but is it possible that the stone has been in there from her past enclosure with the breeder and she has only just passed it? I'm not sure though, because the breeder too soaked her hatchlings.
As a side note, my substrate is sterilised soil and all stones have been sifted through, though there are some little ones I have missed, though I've never seen her attempt to eat one.
Please offer advice. I just want the best for her.
Thank you,
Olivia
I'm concerned for Otis. She is a Hermann's hatchling, 7 months old and has been active since I've got her. She eats and drinks and roams regularly. I soak her for twenty minutes each day in warm water, and her diet varies between water cress, wild rocket, dandelion leaves on occasion, lamb's lettuce, radicchio, cucumber on occasion, a weed from my garden that has a long name but is safe to feed, clover on occasion, mulberry leaves and whatever else I can scrounge from my garden, walks or supermarket. I sprinkle her food with water every other day and she gets Nutrobal sprinklings too.
For the last two days, she didn't poop. I kept calm but watchful about it as I know they don't have a "regular" poop cycle and can also "recycle" their poop. Today, after soaking, she pooped twice. And then...she passed a urate. I picked it up and was astonished to see that it was hard. It was very small, smaller than a pea, round and hard. I was surprised because all urates that she has passed before have been the consistency of toothpaste. She passed this particular urate / stone easily and didn't seem to bothered by it. I'm afraid I don't have any pictures as I only noticed its hard feel below the tissue just before I dropped it into the bin.
She hasn't seemed lethargic, stressed, or showing any signs of being ill. However I know these stones / hard urates are an immediate alarm bell. Do I need to take her to the vet?
She came to me on Christmas Eve. I'm not trying to pin the blame on anyone else here, but is it possible that the stone has been in there from her past enclosure with the breeder and she has only just passed it? I'm not sure though, because the breeder too soaked her hatchlings.
As a side note, my substrate is sterilised soil and all stones have been sifted through, though there are some little ones I have missed, though I've never seen her attempt to eat one.
Please offer advice. I just want the best for her.
Thank you,
Olivia