undigest cuttlebone
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:48 amThis is Kame's undigest cuttlebone.
is it alright/normal? or something wrong? what should I do?
Thx a lot
is it alright/normal? or something wrong? what should I do?
Thx a lot
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:48 amPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:07 pmDo you mean he ate it and it came out like that or he never ate it and it grew algae or something?
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:20 pmThat doesnt really look like cuttlebone to me.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:26 pmDoesn'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.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:43 pmThis is cuttlebone.
Make sure to remove backing.
Make sure to remove backing.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:31 pmif 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)
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:30 pmI think you mean vitamin D
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:34 pmUVB 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.
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:25 pmpapoopeepoo wrote: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
marisa wrote: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?
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:10 pmHow 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.
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:41 pmI 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
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
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:02 pmYou 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.
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:57 pmokay, I'll try
thx a lot
thx a lot
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:33 amThey dont really "make" Cuttlebone. It is from the Cuttlefish. It is a squid like creature.