White specks in turtle enclosure

by Thomas
(Anderson)

I was going to clean my turtle cage and I found little white specks no bigger than 1mm. They are oval shaped, does anyone know what they are?

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Jun 11, 2010
 white specks
by: Robaloie

I suspect it is part of your tortoises urine.
When they are younger and eating lots of salad greens, which contains loads of water, they start peeing ALOT. Stuff accompanied with it is the white stuff in the pee.

You may notice your tortoises probably rarely drink much compared to eating the greens. You may want to start mixing grass in their diet. Otherwise Its totally fine, just make sure you put vitamin d, calcium, and / or the mineral powder in their tortoises salads. Also refer to this site for the diet it should be on for optimal health.
Jun 10, 2010
 same problem
by: Anonymous

i also sometimes find these in my tortoises cage, he is a russian box tortoise, he eats lots of greens (either the organic fresh herb salad mix or the organic mixed baby greens mix from dominicks) and i have no clue as to what these are
May 31, 2010
 white specks
by: Robaloie

Does your tortoises diet consist of lots of greens?
Bok Choy or other lettuce? How young is your tortoise?
May 31, 2010
 white specks
by: Robaloie

Does your tortoises diet consist of lots of greens?
Bok Choy or other lettuce? How young is your tortoise?

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