this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2024
8 points (90.0% liked)

Reptiles and Amphibians

865 readers
19 users here now

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Sal@mander.xyz
8
Can an impacted reptile excrete ammonia? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by Thcdenton@lemmy.world to c/herpetology@mander.xyz
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Im noticing white chalky excretions in my tank but I'm not seeing any turds. Can the lizard still be blocked up or are they fine?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ok ty will do ๐Ÿค˜

[โ€“] remotelove@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A bath soak depends on the reptile. A chameleon? No. A bearded dragon? Sure!

But yeah, the white/white, yellow stuff is just urates that get extracted the same as turds and wouldn't worry about impaction now.