I’m assuming that this is “The Flash” not a prolapse….
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So Koopa is now Doc “Officially”. Yesterday was quite interesting behavior on His part. All our tort pens are double fenced, so in the absence of a pen ready for Doc he just roams the 60'x60' area that is single fenced. We will be building his pen in the next week or two, so he is a little more secure. Every morning is tort soaks and feeds, he does not do well in a 40 gallon tub wants out constantly. So he has been going straight to the outdoor pen in the mornings but overnight is in the tort house nice and warm. Well it's been a flury of him moving constantly (only stopping for short periods) eating the whole time. He has had literally a "Field Day" in the pen since no other torts there to est it. This made me feel that .... He must be starving, hence the constant eating. But yesterday when I set him down he didn't move for an hour, then just a short walk to a spot for sunning. He sat there for hours just enjoying the rays, no furious anything in his demeanor. I only saw him do 1 lap all day and it was like a tourist taking a leisurely stroll with no care at all, "Wow how beautiful the scenery is ..."
I at first worried (for about 2 hours) that something was wrong, no .. no ... no ... not again. Then it hit me "Was he walking so fast and for so many days because he felt constipated, full, backed up and just plain terrible." I remembered when @Yvonne G told me about Jo Jo's hyper activity and how generally it was not good, so maybe for a week he was just stressed, figuring out the boundaries type of a deal. The only thing that I can point to that that's not it is this ... His poop. He now can pass stool soooooo much easier, he would "grunt" sometimes when pooping and it worried me quite a bit. I am very aware of animals who are severely constipated having "Prolapse" risks. His feces now is the consistency of Peanut Butter with some small bits of solid materials left (very minimal). He is SUCH a good pooper too, at night he is in a very large tub and tries not to poop in it (I think). Because every morning for more than a week as soon as I bring him out "It's pooping time." Within 20 minutes of being out of the night house and in the "Daytime" place he'll poop 4-5 times. It's almost as if he's potty trained, like he is intelligent enough to understand, "I don't want to be covered in poop all night."
So kinda long explanation but I really would like to know what you guys think? Was it just figuring out he was safe that slowed him down, Was it figuring out the boundaries, Was it really fear that moved him to be so "In a Hurry" or was it as simple as finally his gut felt better? .........
And almost forgot ... 16 lbs. is what he weighs.
I would like to thank @zovick for the responses about sexing. I think that he is no longer a "Repressed" male but more of an "Expressed" male.
No need for full page, if you want to click it’s on you.
So Koopa is now Doc “Officially”. Yesterday was quite interesting behavior on His part. All our tort pens are double fenced, so in the absence of a pen ready for Doc he just roams the 60'x60' area that is single fenced. We will be building his pen in the next week or two, so he is a little more secure. Every morning is tort soaks and feeds, he does not do well in a 40 gallon tub wants out constantly. So he has been going straight to the outdoor pen in the mornings but overnight is in the tort house nice and warm. Well it's been a flury of him moving constantly (only stopping for short periods) eating the whole time. He has had literally a "Field Day" in the pen since no other torts there to est it. This made me feel that .... He must be starving, hence the constant eating. But yesterday when I set him down he didn't move for an hour, then just a short walk to a spot for sunning. He sat there for hours just enjoying the rays, no furious anything in his demeanor. I only saw him do 1 lap all day and it was like a tourist taking a leisurely stroll with no care at all, "Wow how beautiful the scenery is ..."
I at first worried (for about 2 hours) that something was wrong, no .. no ... no ... not again. Then it hit me "Was he walking so fast and for so many days because he felt constipated, full, backed up and just plain terrible." I remembered when @Yvonne G told me about Jo Jo's hyper activity and how generally it was not good, so maybe for a week he was just stressed, figuring out the boundaries type of a deal. The only thing that I can point to that that's not it is this ... His poop. He now can pass stool soooooo much easier, he would "grunt" sometimes when pooping and it worried me quite a bit. I am very aware of animals who are severely constipated having "Prolapse" risks. His feces now is the consistency of Peanut Butter with some small bits of solid materials left (very minimal). He is SUCH a good pooper too, at night he is in a very large tub and tries not to poop in it (I think). Because every morning for more than a week as soon as I bring him out "It's pooping time." Within 20 minutes of being out of the night house and in the "Daytime" place he'll poop 4-5 times. It's almost as if he's potty trained, like he is intelligent enough to understand, "I don't want to be covered in poop all night."
So kinda long explanation but I really would like to know what you guys think? Was it just figuring out he was safe that slowed him down, Was it figuring out the boundaries, Was it really fear that moved him to be so "In a Hurry" or was it as simple as finally his gut felt better? .........
And almost forgot ... 16 lbs. is what he weighs.
I would like to thank @zovick for the responses about sexing. I think that he is no longer a "Repressed" male but more of an "Expressed" male.
