My short comings are lack of water. Definitely need to give Opo more options of opportunities for water. Different water features to find out what he prefers on any given day.Urates collect like this in the urinary bladder or in the cloaca. There are three factors that tend to make this happen:
1. Lack of hydration.
2. Too much protein.
3. Not enough exercise.
You are lucky this one passed. This is your wake-up call. What to do about it:
1. More soaks, more sprinklers, more puddles. Have a shallow pond built.
2. Any clover, alfalfa, plantain weeds, or original Mazuri in the diet? I'd cut back on those things and add more grass, grass hay, or grass hay pellets. Opuntia pads are good too, and have the added benefit of adding more hydration.
3. How large is the enclosure? Is there plenty of shade so that Opo can walk around during the day without getting too hot?
To much protein and green leafy foods. During winter months I am feeding Opo to much mazuri and cactus pads. Also need to get away from green leafy foods. Will start growing the seed mixes suggested here.
Exercise is not a problem. Opo has a large backyard which he grazes on all day. In fact the backyard is looking the best it ever has. With the lack of weeds. Opo is a natural weed killer. Definitely I have been overfeeding Opo also.
You are right Tom, I definitely got a wake up call.
Thanks Tom and everyone else for their suggestions.