Messy bottom

[Ramia]

Is a messy bottom a symptom of anything? Chez had a poopy bottom at health check today. I used a wet wipe and will check again later.

His poop is all normal. He's a year old.

 

[Ramia]

He's not squeaky when peeing or pooping and he's not impacted.

 

[Ramia]

He does pee on the coroplast so wondering if he sat in that?

 

[Ramia]

I've got some urine dip sticks coming in the mail and he's all cleaned up

 

[Piggies&buns]

Keep an eye on it. It may just be that he sat in it and it was a one off thing but If his poops appear to be soft then remove veg and see if things normalise

 

[Ramia]

I'll use the dip sticks to check for blood, too. Would he be squeaky with a UTI or not necessarily?

 

[Piggies&buns]

Yes they can be squeaky but not always
Do you suspect he is unwell with a UTI?
I was thinking more along the lines of a tummy upset if he was dirty with poop?

 

[Ramia]

I'm not sure if it was urine or poop. All his poop is normal. When I wiped him there was a little color so I thought maybe poop, but now I'm thinking rust color urine. He does a mixture of calcium, clear, and rust color urine depending on what I feed him.

I will check for wetness this afternoon and if he is wet again I'll make an appointment for him.

 

[Piggies&buns]

Rust colour can be normal oxidisation

 

[Ramia]

His bottom is dry now.

Will test his urine when the dip sticks arrive.

 

[Ramia]

His bottom is still dry.

 

[Ramia]

Got the dip sticks.

Chez is negative for blood! He must have sat in pee.