Drezella
Adult Guinea Pig
Hi,
My boys are roughly 12 months old. I read that young guinea pigs wee can sometimes be orange or brownish in colour, particularly when it oxidises/drys in the air. Currently my boys wee tends to dry a brownish colour (possibly because of the puppy pee pads that they pee on) and their poos are normal. I have occasionally noticed the odd calcium deposit in my boys wee which I'm trying to address by slowly changing their diet over to the IC diet. The deposits are not gritty when I rub my finger on them so they don't have bladder sludge.
However, I was a little worried before because there was a pinkish patch on the floor next to a patch of wee in my boys cage. I have given my boys cherries and a piece of red pepper tonight, so it could possibly be juice from those, but I'm not 100% sure, so I'm going to monitor their wees over the next day or so to check for blood. I have checked their noses and bums and there's no sign of blood anywhere. I also checked for cuts/scrapes etc, again I couldn't see any. I'm thinking of taking them to the vets anyway over the next week or so to get their nails clipped, so if I notice anything sinister I'll get them checked straight away.
I'm just wondering what is normal for pigs of their age (12 months) and what are good ways of testing for things?
Thanks in advance.
My boys are roughly 12 months old. I read that young guinea pigs wee can sometimes be orange or brownish in colour, particularly when it oxidises/drys in the air. Currently my boys wee tends to dry a brownish colour (possibly because of the puppy pee pads that they pee on) and their poos are normal. I have occasionally noticed the odd calcium deposit in my boys wee which I'm trying to address by slowly changing their diet over to the IC diet. The deposits are not gritty when I rub my finger on them so they don't have bladder sludge.
However, I was a little worried before because there was a pinkish patch on the floor next to a patch of wee in my boys cage. I have given my boys cherries and a piece of red pepper tonight, so it could possibly be juice from those, but I'm not 100% sure, so I'm going to monitor their wees over the next day or so to check for blood. I have checked their noses and bums and there's no sign of blood anywhere. I also checked for cuts/scrapes etc, again I couldn't see any. I'm thinking of taking them to the vets anyway over the next week or so to get their nails clipped, so if I notice anything sinister I'll get them checked straight away.
I'm just wondering what is normal for pigs of their age (12 months) and what are good ways of testing for things?
Thanks in advance.