Tortoise passed a hard tube object, help please!

shelly07 · 29-04-2018, 02:59 PM

My hermann's tortoise has been sleeping a lot and not wanting to eat for a few days. Today she woke up and had some food, then passed a tube-like object, probably 3cm long. It was like a hard jelly on the outside and then looked like a mineral-type substance in the middle. She didn't seem to be in any pain and has now got her energy back but I'm worried as I have no idea what it was and it's never happened before. She eats mostly dark salad leaves like lambs lettuce and dandelions and very occasionally dried pellets. I've attached the picture below, apologies that it's not very pleasant! If anyone has any suggestions of what this could have been or how to avoid it happening again they would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

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29-04-2018, 02:59 PM	#1
shelly07 Junior Member Egg Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 2	Tortoise passed a hard tube object, help please! My hermann's tortoise has been sleeping a lot and not wanting to eat for a few days. Today she woke up and had some food, then passed a tube-like object, probably 3cm long. It was like a hard jelly on the outside and then looked like a mineral-type substance in the middle. She didn't seem to be in any pain and has now got her energy back but I'm worried as I have no idea what it was and it's never happened before. She eats mostly dark salad leaves like lambs lettuce and dandelions and very occasionally dried pellets. I've attached the picture below, apologies that it's not very pleasant! If anyone has any suggestions of what this could have been or how to avoid it happening again they would be greatly appreciated. Thank you [IMG][/IMG]

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