https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/clinical-discussions/30786/tortoises Odd, possibly silly question, but how long would you expect it to take for a tortoise to pass faeces and on average how long should it take for everything to pass through the digestive tract. We recently had a tortoise that took a long time to defecateen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/170374?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 13 Nov 2017 18:13:23 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:7924ef3c-8bba-4991-9b24-b028a1a62b96jojofruits<p>This really depends.. is it a young tortoise, old tortoise? what species? if its medetteranean is it pre hibernation or post hibernation, or not hibernated?&nbsp;</p> <p>They are grazers and so at least a poo every day is expected, the bath helps because they can absorb water through their cloaca essentially and it can stimulate faeces, but if they have just come out of hibernation and therefore have an empty digestive tract then it could take a couple of days before you see anything at the other end</p> <p>Also a tortoise at a sub optimum temperature will not be as efficient at digesting..</p> <p>Lots of things to think about with this one!</p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>