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Urine Colour

beckyxxx

beckyxxx

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Hey guys just a bit of advice, my baby guinea pigs urine colour is an orangy tint, will post pic below. would you consider this normal? It isnt gritty etc, they seem perfectly fine in themselves, they are currently taking some oral medication for ring worm so wondering if this could cause a change in colour of urine, Thanks :)

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That looks like it is oxidised to me and perfectly normal. Meds can make the wee go orange though, not noticed it with Itrafungol but my pigs were on fleece when they were on it so it was difficult to tell if there was a change in colour.
 
beckyxxx said:
Hey guys just a bit of advice, my baby guinea pigs urine colour is an orangy tint, will post pic below. would you consider this normal? It isnt gritty etc, they seem perfectly fine in themselves, they are currently taking some oral medication for ring worm so wondering if this could cause a change in colour of urine, Thanks :)

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This is perfectly normal. Urine oxidises when in contact with air and dries to a rusty colour that can be more or less intense (yours is not very). What you need to look out for are small red spots inside or red rings around a urine puddle depending on the amount of blood in the urine. Blood has a slightly different specific weight to urine, so it doesn't mix evenly when it dries. If everything is the same hue (with a darker rim in the same hue) there is nothing to worry about.

Milky pees that dry to white powder are also nothing to worry about; they are excess calcium that is excreted in the normal way. Only if you find sharp grit (cystals) in the calcium pees or if you have calcium pees on a daily or near daily basis should you see a vet and consider adjustments to your regular diet (including filtering water, which most people overlook).
We have got a sample diet with further tips for a low calcium, but nutrionally balanced diet in our diet guide if you have worries in that direction. The occasional calcium pee is perfectly OK.
Recommendations For A Balanced General Guinea Pig Diet
 
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