Urgent Care :: my turtle is not excreting for 2 days !

[bishoy]

my red eared slider is not excreting for 2 days , and this is the third day !..what should I do?

[bishoy]

sometimes it gets out bubbles from its butt .. any suggestion ??

[steve]

How big is your turtle? What do you feed it? Is it still eating? What kind of substrate do you have in the tank? Is there anything else it can eat in there?

[bishoy]

it is about 6-7 cm length , I feed it orange sticks and lettuce , yes it is still eating , the tank contains only the turtle , a filter and something like stone (I think it is made of tree wood) - note that the turtle doesn't bask and doesn't use it to bask (sometimes it gets over it but it stays out of the water very short time) , finally there is nothing else it can eat !

2 days ago it ate a large fly that entered my room (I don't have any insects in my room , but I don't know from where did this fly come !)
30 mins. ago it gave out a small poop(finally) .. but very small relative to the amount it eats !!

[bishoy]

right now it gave out a very large orange poop ! , and it ate part of it !!!!

[steve]

Well, thats a good sign. What are these orange sticks?

[bishoy]

actually I don't know , they look like reptomin but their color is orange ! I bought them from the pet seller

[steve]

It would be a good idea to pick up a good pellet from a pet store. I've seen turtle vendors sell fake pellets before.

[bishoy]

i'm sorry but what are pellets??

[steve]

Something like this:

[bishoy]

yes this is exactly what I give to my RES , but its color is orange , but how can I know good from bad pellets?

[steve]

What brand are they? Do you have any reputable pet stores near you?

[bishoy]

actually all pellets in pet stores near me have no brand .. i'm in Egypt