Female Jackson, is this a Slug?

RBCam

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My Jackson Shirley has done this a few times. I have always assumed they were unfertilized reproductive material. Her "lady Jackson period" if you will. She is usually no worse for ware after passing them. I thought I would look it up just to be sure and haven't found anything exactly like it and when I do find a photo closely resembling it they are usually smaller in size come with a horror story. But she is fine maybe once she was a little exhausted after passing it but recovered quickly. She is fine right now crawling around and active. Poops and urates are all good eats like a horse. Not as worried as much curious. Unless I need to be worried?;) Let me know what you think it is.
Thanks!
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It might be one hidden within a poop but slugs generally aren’t passed at the same time. This is not a hard and fast rule however. To me it looks like a large, fluffy urate but you can always pick it apart to see. If that is urate only, you might want to consider upping her misting times and/or adding a humidifier. Dark yellow or orange urates are a sign of dehydration.

Here is a pic of a fresh slug. They do shrink and harden into smaller yellow pellets.

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Not that she has not been known to have a orangish urate from time to time. (I tell her she should drink more) but for the most part they are mostly white. That being said since I posted this she has passed another one that looks more like your photo.
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Those are certainly odd shaped and are starting to dry out a little but I'm starting to agree with you that they are slugs. Is Shirley a new acquisition?
 
I have had her since May last year she so she is a little over a 15 months old maybe? He has done this a couple times before.
 
He has done this a couple times before.

He? Now that IS impressive! :LOL:

My thinking was that if she was new, she may have held on to the slugs until she was in a safe place and felt comfortable expelling them; thus the odd shape and older look to them. I’ve had the same experience as MeruJack in that they were all expelled at about the same time and were found scattered in the plants.

Oh and Lady Jackson Period is the name of my next band.
 
Shirley had 2 more waiting for me today in her cage. They look about the same as the other two. So weird. :eek: She is still acting okay she was seemed a little spent and drank a bit more that usual. But she is running around the cage like she almost feels better to have unloaded some weight. Showered her yesterday to keep her hydrated seems happy as a clam.

Oh and By the way expect to I get 5% of all future band earnings for the name "Lady Jackson Period". Because a band's success is all about the name. ;)
 
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