HELP - Is it urates or something else?

Arshi

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Hi everyone,

I have a 6 month redfoot cherryhead Tortoise kept at 80-85% humidity and 82F.
I was actually planning on posting earlier because my tortoise was pooping out a hair but it got stuck in his bum! I didn’t pull it out I thought maybe I’d wait and soak him again to see if it’ll come out if he poops again.
Long story short, it didn’t come out.. but something else did..
Are these urates or something else? He has never had urates before and I took him to the vet a few days ago and the vet said nothing was wrong with him...
Please help. The hair sucked up back into his bum now so it’s inside of him .. I feel terrible. My hair must of fall out into his food even though I tie it up :(
 

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Hamiltondood

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Hi everyone,

I have a 6 month redfoot cherryhead Tortoise kept at 80-85% humidity and 82F.
I was actually planning on posting earlier because my tortoise was pooping out a hair but it got stuck in his bum! I didn’t pull it out I thought maybe I’d wait and soak him again to see if it’ll come out if he poops again.
Long story short, it didn’t come out.. but something else did..
Are these urates or something else? He has never had urates before and I took him to the vet a few days ago and the vet said nothing was wrong with him...
Please help. The hair sucked up back into his bum now so it’s inside of him .. I feel terrible. My hair must of fall out into his food even though I tie it up :(
those are urates
soak him daily, itll help with the hair
you should feed him watery foods (cactus, aloe, lettuce, cucumber) for a while to get the hair out faster
watery foods tend to have a laxative effect on tortoises
 

Arshi

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those are urates
soak him daily, itll help with the hair
you should feed him watery foods (cactus, aloe, lettuce, cucumber) for a while to get the hair out faster
watery foods tend to have a laxative effect on tortoises
Awesome! Thank you, I’ll give him some cucumber
 
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