Karma swallowed a huge hair!!!!!

[chunkymunky]

I was giving Karma her bath there when I noticed she looked as if she was "struggling" to do a poo ... she has never been constipated so I was a bit worried. I put some warmer water in & she started to produce but there was a hair hanging out of her. I remembered reading about this happening to someone else (possibly Fluffy) & someone saying no matter how tempting do not pull. I kept topping up her bath water & she would do another bit of poo. The hair was really long - we all have/had really long hair - I was able to cut some of the length away (well away from her bum) to save it tangling in her legs & pulling as she was moving about.
Eventually she passed the end of the hair so I dried her & put her back in her table & she was thrashing about the table climbing up at the corners etc. I fed her a nice pile of dandies & she scoffed them.
I feel really stressed & upset by what happened & we definately won't be allowing her out on the floor - which is a shame as she loves being out!
So just a warning to be really aware if you let your tort wander ... the thing is she is always closely guarded when out & about & she has never been seen eating or nibbling at anything when out. I suppose it could've just fallen in to her table I suppose.
POOR KARMA

[Alan1]

Sometimes the hair is from the soil, there's loads of fibres in it plus ordinary hair can fall in too

[welshlass22]

Yeh my topsoil in my table sometimes has *fluff* like balls of materiel. i keep checking it in the mornings and taking them out. It's topsoil bought from a bag.

Im thinking of just using normal topsoil in the garden in the future, because no matter what topsoil i used thats shop bought it seems to evaporate somehow to dust

[Bindi]

I'm sure Karma is non the worse the wer for her hairy experience. It was good that you new not to pull it, well done

[sandy]

If you really have to have them wandering around (I dont recomend it at all) you could put down some tapauling or the like, that can be washed and disinfected.

[a_fisher]

I get fibres in my topsoil too although they are nowhere near the length you describe. I remove the stuff as soon as I see any in the table

[Lynseyattwood]

Originally Posted by welshlass22

Yeh my topsoil in my table sometimes has *fluff* like balls of materiel. i keep checking it in the mornings and taking them out. It's topsoil bought from a bag.

Im thinking of just using normal topsoil in the garden in the future, because no matter what topsoil i used thats shop bought it seems to evaporate somehow to dust

My top-soil also turns dusty after a few days.. I keep scooping off the top and adding more top-soil, just because it's so dusty.. i worry the dust will get in George's eyes.. I add some sand to the top-soil but it still seems to get dusty still and also it gets quite stoney.. I use the B&Q brand...