Feeding and Nutrition :: undigest cuttlebone

[novroz]

This is Kame's undigest cuttlebone.



is it alright/normal? or something wrong? what should I do?

Thx a lot

[untsmurf]

Do you mean he ate it and it came out like that or he never ate it and it grew algae or something?

[Caphits]

That doesnt really look like cuttlebone to me.

[SpotsMama]

Doesn't look like cuttlebone to me either. If it is, then it's been sitting on the bottom of the tank waaaay too long. Need a nice fresh one.

[Caphits]

This is cuttlebone.




Make sure to remove backing.

[papoopeepoo]

if that is what you describe it as (cuttlebone that's been passed through the turtle) then you may need a vet check up because normally cuttlebone is easy to digest as long as your turtle is making enough Vitamin E (UVB exposure)

[Caphits]

I think you mean vitamin D

[marisa]

UVB exposure enables a turtle to metabolize Vit D, not E...

It looks like a small piece of cuttlebone to me, albeit one that's been on the bottom of the tank for a while and has gotten gross. Is that pic an enlargement of the piece? If so exactly how big is it? Any turtle I've seen has crunched up cuttlebone and left white crumbs on the bottom of the tank.

[novroz]

if that is what you describe it as (cuttlebone that's been passed through the turtle) then you may need a vet check up because normally cuttlebone is easy to digest as long as your turtle is making enough Vitamin E (UVB exposure)

yup that's what I meant!! cuttlebone that's been passed through the turtle, that's why the collor becomes green as her poop's color

UVB exposure enables a turtle to metabolize Vit D, not E...

It looks like a small piece of cuttlebone to me, albeit one that's been on the bottom of the tank for a while and has gotten gross. Is that pic an enlargement of the piece? If so exactly how big is it? Any turtle I've seen has crunched up cuttlebone and left white crumbs on the bottom of the tank.

the one that's left in the bottom is reamined white, I always swoop up her poop and her food left over (small cuttlebone, veggie) everynight so that nothing will left in tank more than 24hours...and that picture was inside her poop.

Back to my question? is something with her digestion system?

[TheComputerGremlin]

How big is that piece? Like 1 cm x 1 cm? 2 mm x 2 mm?

I've never seen a piece of cuttlebone come in or back out of my turtle. She crunches into it and it makes a poof of calcium cloud around her mouth. Did you remove the backing from the cuttlebone? Do you know what brand the cuttlebone is? Are you positive that is cuttlebone and not something else that managed to go in and pass back out? Turtles really will eat anything.

If it is definitely cuttlebone, I'd be concerned about her digestive system. Give her smaller pieces of cuttlebone if necessary.

[novroz]

I think iy's about 5x5mm.

it rarely happens tho.

YUp! I'm positive it's cuttlebone, the line looks exactly the same with cuttlebone (if you cut it so small). And yes I removed the backing. and I don't think the cuttlebone has brand...no one sell branded cuttlebone here.

She infected with cocsidia last year and her poop always looked liquify but she is cured and her poop always solid

[TheComputerGremlin]

You know, I was just thinking. Cuttlebone over here is pretty generic also, it may be an impurity that happened that wasn't digestible. I mean, you never know what they put in things anyways. And if it doesn't happen frequently, it might just be something bad with the cuttlebone. If she's acting normal and everything seems normal, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

You can try making your own cuttlebone or remaking it by crushing it up and then putting it back into a solid form. I think someone recently did that with calcium powder in one of these sections. Anyways, that way you could pull out any chunks that didn't crush into a powder.

[novroz]

okay, I'll try

thx a lot

[Caphits]

They dont really "make" Cuttlebone. It is from the Cuttlefish. It is a squid like creature.