Pinky/light Brown Urine

[*kate*]

Hettie has had pinkish coloured wee when she has had dandelions but the rest of the time her wee is clear.

Yesterday she seemed a bit quiet, you know when you just know she isn't herself? Her wee was also pinkish brown.

Today, she seems much perkier but her wee is still stained even though I haven't given her dandelions today.

Have booked her into the vets tomorrow just in case she has an infection.

Well we haven't visited the vets for a week or so!

 

[Wiebke]

Hettie has had pinkish coloured wee when she has had dandelions but the rest of the time her wee is clear.

Yesterday she seemed a bit quiet, you know when you just know she isn't herself? Her wee was also pinkish brown.

Today, she seems much perkier but her wee is still stained even though I haven't given her dandelions today.

Have booked her into the vets tomorrow just in case she has an infection.

Well we haven't visited the vets for a week or so!

All the best. Without a urine test it is impossible to say what is going on. Hopefully it is just a false alarm. Urine can oxidise to a range of different colours.

As blood doesn't quite mix, you usually notice it as either red dots in the middle of a puddle or as a reddish ring in a different hue to the pee puddle (a normal ring is just a darker shade of the oxidised pee colour) if there is a lot of blood in the pee.

 

[rome_italy]

a vet visit and analysis of the wee are necessary, but if you want to check it at home, to see if into the wee there is some blood you just have to put some drops of hydrogen peroxide. If there is blood a foam always appears.
The reason (I am copying from the net because I would be able to explain it only in italian) is:

"The reason why it foams is because blood and cells contain
an enzyme called catalase. When
the catalase comes in contact with hydrogen peroxide, it turns the
hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) into water (H2O) and oxygen gas (O2)."

 

[*kate*]

All the best. Without a urine test it is impossible to say what is going on. Hopefully it is just a false alarm. Urine can oxidise to a range of different colours.

As blood doesn't quite mix, you usually notice it as either red dots in the middle of a puddle or as a reddish ring in a different hue to the pee puddle (a normal ring is just a darker shade of the oxidised pee colour) if there is a lot of blood in the pee.

No there are no red dots or a reddish ring just the pinky/fawn coloured wee.

She only ever has discoloured wee after dandelions and she has had no other food that she doesn't have normally.

Better safe than sorry!

 

[*kate*]

a vet visit and analysis of the wee are necessary, but if you want to check it at home, to see if into the wee there is some blood you just have to put some drops of hydrogen peroxide. If there is blood a foam always appears.
The reason (I am copying from the net because I would be able to explain it only in italian) is:

"The reason why it foams is because blood and cells contain
an enzyme called catalase. When
the catalase comes in contact with hydrogen peroxide, it turns the
hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) into water (H2O) and oxygen gas (O2)."

Thank you! Where do I get hydrogen peroxide from?

 

[VickiA]

You can use urinalysis dip sticks if you want, I keep some at home to detect blood in urine. These are the ones I use. . You can collect a sample on an upturned puppy pad (plastic side up) or in a clean bowl.
I write the results down for the vets before I go.

 

[*kate*]

You can use urinalysis dip sticks if you want, I keep some at home to detect blood in urine. These are the ones I use. . You can collect a sample on an upturned puppy pad (plastic side up) or in a clean bowl.
I write the results down for the vets before I go.

Thank you. Where do I get the dip sticks from?

 

[rome_italy]

Thank you! Where do I get hydrogen peroxide from?

I think you have it also at home... anyway, we get it also at the supermarket, or at the pharmacy. It is used for preparing the mix for getting blond hair... it is a very cheap product which was in use by the police in the past. It works... it works also when your piggie leaves the wee on the towel and you want to check the brown spot... but be aware that an UTI episode can be present even without any blood in urine, therefore a stick or a vet is the only way for being sure everything is normal.

 

[Tim]

I have some dipsticks you can use if you want @*kate*

 

[VickiA]

Thank you. Where do I get the dip sticks from?

I buy them from Amazon.

 

[*kate*]

I have some dipsticks you can use if you want @*kate*

That would be great, thanks, would only need a few.

How do I send a PM? have never sent one on here!

 

[*kate*]

I changed the vet bed and puppy pad this morning and still pink wee on there.

I've just been for a shower and looked at the puppy pad under the fresh vetbed and the wee is normal coloured again.

Any ideas?

 

[rome_italy]

When my daughter was very little she had a problem with her bladder and kidneys; her wee might have some hidden or visible blood and might be normal after some hours. The blood in her diaper was never visible but the peroxyd suggested by her nephorologist always made it appear... for me it was necessary to know what was happening for understanding if it was something wrong (it was a different situation of course). I am saying that only for letting you know that sometimes blood appears and desappears, or sometimes it is there and is never visible. A stick (also vets and human general doctors use sticks) needs a sample of wee; for me it was difficult because of the diaper, for you it is difficult because of the vetbed, therefore if you want to know the truth there are two options: 1) keep the piggie on a piece of the floor perfectly clean; wash the piggies' feet and his butt and wait with a syringe in hand... as soon as the piggie leaves the wee, collect it, put it into the refrigerator and take it to the lab (or use a stick). The lab is able to distinguish the normal bacteria coming from the hands and from the floor. 2) If you want only a first fast answer, try to buy a bottle of peroxid and pour it on the wet spot on the vetbed... it works also with old spots.
Maybe you are only exchanging a normal reddish colour from a pathologic residue... at least I hope.
Anyway, don't worry, because in the worst scenario there is only a simple infection caught in time.

 

[Tim]

That would be great, thanks, would only need a few.

How do I send a PM? have never sent one on here!

I'll send you one with my phone number in it, let me know on this thread if you have trouble receiving it