calcium traces in wee!

[mark_kate]

hi everyone,
was wondering if anyone could help me. when my 2 hermanns wee in there bath i find a little amount white stuff comes out (very small amouth sometime sticks to there tails) probably about 1mm squared, sometime a little comes out as they pass poo.
is this normal only thing i think it could be is the calcium powder....i normally sprinkle it over the food.

any help would be great

mark

[burnt toast]

Its urates, perfectly normal, nothing to worry about.
Should be softish consistency of toothpaste. If they are hard or gritty its a sign your tortoise could be dehydrated.

[Bindi]

Hi Mark, nothing to worry about - perfectly normal!

What you're seeing is urates, a waste product (uric acid) expelled by your tort. As long as they're creamy - a but like emulsion paint, then everything is fine. If the urates are every gritty or hard, it could mean torty is de-hydrated so steps should be taken to remedy that

[Bindi]

Snap Lynn

[burnt toast]

Sorry Bindi we must have been typing together!

[Bindi]

At least we came up with same conclusion

[mark_kate]

thanks evryone that has put my mind at rest

thanks so much

Mark