rarely comes out of her shell and other questions

by shweta
(india)

hi i have 2 star tortoises...one is quite active and the other one hardly comes out of her shell..she just comes out to eat..i even took her to the vet he said she's fine ..guess shes little shy as its been just 4 days ..i also want to know they keep excreting something which is white in colour..can you yell me what is it? do they have to excrete daily...first one loves lettuce & the 2nd 1 loves tomato is it fine..it wont harm them right..please reply thank you

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Apr 24, 2009
thanks
by: Anonymous

thank you so much..i was really worried

Apr 17, 2009
Tortoise excretion and food
by: Shelly

The white excretion is uric acid. It comes with the urine and is completely normal. It is similar to the excretion of birds.

I made a page about tortoise food at

http://www.totallytortoise.com/tortoise-food.html

Keep it slow and steady.

Shelly

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