Opaque urine?

[Sianalexandra1]

I recently switched to fleece bedding for my pigs, and I’ve noticed there are whiteish patches on the bedding. The other day when I was cleaning the cage out one of them jumped back in and had a wee when there was no bedding down I saw it was a kinda opaque white/yellow colour. I saw something a while back that said making an adjustment to their diet should sort it out but I can’t remember what it was, any suggestions?

 

[Piggies&buns]

Check it for being gritty. It can sometimes be a sign of excess calcium in the diet. Do you feed high calcium veggies? Be aware that a lot of their calcium can be from pellets and them drinking unfiltered water. Using a water filter and ensuring they aren’t eating too many pellets and high calcium veg is a place to start checking.

Always consult a vet if you have any concerns though

 

[Sianalexandra1]

Check it for being gritty. It can sometimes be a sign of excess calcium in the diet. Do you feed high calcium veggies? Be aware that a lot of their calcium can be from pellets and them drinking unfiltered water. Using a water filter and ensuring they aren’t eating too many pellets and high calcium veg is a place to start checking.

Always consult a vet if you have any concerns though

Thank you, I’m pretty conscious of them getting too much calcium so I avoid things like spinach and I give them Harrington’s optimum guinea pig pellets which I’ve checked on the comparison chart on a thread in here and it was on the lower end for the calcium. I’ll start using filtered water from now on though hopefully that makes it clearer. Thank you

 

[DMS260820]

Thank you, I’m pretty conscious of them getting too much calcium so I avoid things like spinach and I give them Harrington’s optimum guinea pig pellets which I’ve checked on the comparison chart on a thread in here and it was on the lower end for the calcium. I’ll start using filtered water from now on though hopefully that makes it clearer. Thank you

Filtered water was the game changer for my pigs when I started using this.

 

[Betsy]

I drink filtered water myself so I give it to my piggies to drink too. It takes a lot of calcium out. My kettle no longer furs up.