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Since I have had Leo..(about 5 months old) for about 3 weeks; he has pood once loosely, and I wasnt too worried since he was adapting to eating new foods, lighting, water, etc...Since then he has pooed on the bottom and I either get it out or he eats it I suppose; but just NOW...I was petting his back on his ramp and he was just sitting there and he pooed on the dock..and it was almost as loose as pee.... it was dark though and was sorta greenish brown... He did it twice and let out a pretty big amount for such a little thing?!

What could do this?! Tobi never had diarhea bouts at all! This is sorta scary!

Ideas please~

What's his diet like? I've heard that too much vegetation can lead to diarrhea.

He hasnt eaten ANY veges yet. He's too small and when I got him all he had eaten was crickets. He eats Reptomin, and baby krill and shrimp. I give cuttle bone, and it floats, and greens but they float around also. He is about 2" now.

You may want to get him checked for intestinal parasites just to be safe.

Ya think since this is the 1st Ive seen of this it would be ok to clean out his water and up his water temp from 79 to 82 and see what happens? I wouldnt give it too long. He is swimming, eating, and acting great. If there were other problems; I would get an appt. asap! But, I still might...if he is like this in the AM.

Ok..just cleaned his water...and in the meantime, had him in a bucket with a towel and there was loose poo all over the towel..smelling like a farm.. whew!

Just put him back in his tank..so far no poo.....

Darn! I tried to post a response earlier but it never made it through.

Well, here it is again...

If you haven't already cleaned up the poo, you could try to get some of it into a ziplock bag and refrigerate it overnight. Then bring it to the vet in the morning and leave it there for them to examine when they have time. Usually they will do it for like $10 or $20 and call you with the results.

oh crap! Well...IF he does it again..Ill try to get some. Dang! It would have been so easy in that tub! Oh well. Ill keep looking..hope he dont..but if he does, Ill be ready!

yea, crap! I hate it when that happens. I think if two people try to post at exactly the same time it loses one of them. Oh well, if he is infected, he'll probably do it again the next time he eats. Hopefully it was just a little upset tummy and he's back to normal now.

I hope so

I am sooo wanting to give him the best life since his start was aweful. And if he is sick...well...it would just stink!

At least parasites like worms are usually easy to treat and don't cause lasting harm. But I don't know where he would have picked up any since he doesn't eat greens. Has he had any live food lately?

Nope. I havent given him worms..which is the only live food I give Tobi. Just pellets so far.

Parasites only come from greens? Hmmm...maybe he just ate too much pellets this morning? Could that do it?

Parasites don't always come from greens. It sounds like he has some sort of gastrointestinal upset.

Well..it is 4:30pm and he ate a few (about 4 pellets) and he hasnt pooed since on his dock, but it looks as though there are some flaky pieces on the bottom of the tank. So HOPEFULLY it is hardening up!

Im checking as much as I can. My F-I-L passed this am....so I will be busy and gone ALOT the next few days...for funeral, family etc...Im praying he does well from now on.

Just wanted to update ya'll. [/i]

ok so I have a question that goes along with this.

I have had my older turtle for 2 years now and I have to say I actually do not know what his *poo* looks like. I may have seen it from time to time and just didn't know what it was. And with my little one the same thing. I can tell that the fish with him are *pooping* well they leave their *strings* all over the place. But with that could some one explain to me what "normal" *poo* looks like. Or if anyone happens to have a pic or know where one is on this site could you let me know. ~Clueless