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Can an impacted reptile excrete ammonia? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Stumbled in from /All. It's been a long while since I had a reptile, but I remember that I would soak my boy in warm water if I was worried he was backed up. Lizard turds are usually white tipped black/brown blobs, so it might be a good idea to give your lizard a shallow warm bath to soak in

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok ty will do 🤘

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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.