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[HELP] Yellow mass with a lot of liquid?
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 4:11 pm
by Noodlebasket
My ~8 month old skink just dropped a rock hard yellow/orange mass that I believe may be a urate. My first concern was dehydration but he also passed a lot of clear liquid and white normal urate along with the mass. He has shown no other indicators for dehydration and I watched him drink a few days ago. He is entering shed so he hasn't been as active but he ate today and on Monday with no issue. To clarify I refer to Blep as a he but have not had them sexed or seen any sperm plugs so it is possible this could be a slug egg? More than anything else I just want to know if this warrants a vet visit.
https://imgur.com/gallery/LH2fOLR
Re: [HELP] Yellow mass with a lot of liquid?
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 8:29 pm
by Noodlebasket
Through some more research it seems it could also be caused by excess calcium in his diet? I usually feed him every other day, and dust with repti-calcium without D3. Perhaps I am just using too much powder?
Re: [HELP] Yellow mass with a lot of liquid?
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 4:41 am
by splashy07
Definitely not a slug, and I don't see any reason for concern.
Re: [HELP] Yellow mass with a lot of liquid?
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 11:20 am
by Noodlebasket
Thanks for the response splashy. Any idea why this urate is much more dense and hard?
Re: [HELP] Yellow mass with a lot of liquid?
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 5:10 am
by splashy07
It just happens sometimes. Nothing I haven't seen. Are you using UVB lighting? I do not, therefore I use the calcium plus D3.
Re: [HELP] Yellow mass with a lot of liquid?
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:48 am
by Noodlebasket
Yea a have a bar fluorescent, and I do give him reptivite with D3 about twice a month as a sort of booster.