white creamy stuff in pee

[saeedeh]

hello everyone .I'm Saeedeh. I'm very new to this forum.and i'm terrified. I just noticed a white creamy stuff sticking to my guinea pig fur right where she pees .she is a female Abyssinian between 7 to 8 months old.she lives alone..she eats mostly romaine lettuce , pellets ,tomatoes some fruit and alfalfa hay.she looks very healthy and she sheds a lot.this has never happened before.i'm really worried .plz help me ..just tell me what to do ..i'm so upset.is this normal ?

 

[Wiebke]

hello everyone .I'm Saeedeh. I'm very new to this forum.and i'm terrified. I just noticed a white creamy stuff sticking to my guinea pig fur right where she pees .she is a female Abyssinian between 7 to 8 months old.she lives alone..she eats mostly romaine lettuce , pellets ,tomatoes some fruit and alfalfa hay.she looks very healthy and she sheds a lot.this has never happened before.i'm really worried .plz help me ..just tell me what to do ..i'm so upset.is this normal ?

Hi and welcome!

Could you please take a picture?

 

[saeedeh]

Hi and welcome!

Could you please take a picture?

sorry about the quality.can you also tell me the name of these two hays?

 

[saeedeh]

This is her.my most precious Ruby..I know guinea pigs shouldn't live alone I'm thinking about getting her a companion.

 

[Wiebke]

Thank you!

Guinea pigs excrete excess calcium in their body with their urine. This gives it a milky opaque colour, which dries to a powdery substance. This is a natural process and nothing to worry about if it is an occasional one-off.
If you see milky pees on a near daily/several times a week basis, then I would recommend to review your diet as it is likely to high in calcium. Keep in mind that more calcium often comes with the pellets and the water than necessarily with the veg.
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It is not mucussy is it? That is indeed something that should vet checked as it is coming from the reproductive tract.

 

[saeedeh]

Thank you!

Guinea pigs excrete excess calcium in their body with their urine. This gives it a milky opaque colour, which dries to a powdery substance. This is a natural process and nothing to worry about if it is an occasional one-off.
If you see milky pees on a near daily/several times a week basis, then I would recommend to review your diet as it is likely to high in calcium. Keep in mind that more calcium often comes with the pellets and the water than necessarily with the veg.
Guinea pig body quirks - What is normal and what not?
Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets

It is not mucussy is it? That is indeed something that should vet checked as it is coming from the reproductive tract.

oh thank you so much .i will probably take her to the vet.It is actually like mucus and very soft.did you see the picture of the hay too? can you tell me the names?I'm very new to guinea pig care I'm just starting to learn.

 

[saeedeh]

she lives in a big aquarium tank.but every day she free roams in my room for 5 or 6 hours she just runs and jumps and popcorns and has access to food ,hay and water both in the tank and on the ground.

 

[Wiebke]

oh thank you so much .i will probably take her to the vet.It is actually like mucus and very soft.did you see the picture of the hay too? can you tell me the names?I'm very new to guinea pig care I'm just starting to learn.

That is why I am asking to make sure; the last picture rather looks like mucus and not like a calcium pee to me.
Mucus can be an indication that something may not be quite right with the womb or the ovaries; it is better to make sure early on.

Can you please tell me which country you are in?

 

[saeedeh]

That is why I am asking to make sure; the last picture rather looks like mucus and not like a calcium pee to me.
Mucus can be an indication that something may not be quite right with the womb or the ovaries; it is better to make sure early on.

Can you please tell me which country you are in?

what does a calcium pee look like ?she is just 7 or 8 months old is it really possible to have problem with ovaries or womb this early in life? I live in Iran .and unfortunately i dont have access to good guinea pig pellets and high quality hay is not accessible much.i dont even know if I'm feeding her alfalfa hay or else.. can you look at the photos and tell me what are they ?

 

[Wiebke]

what does a calcium pee look like ?she is just 7 or 8 months old is it really possible to have problem with ovaries or womb this early in life? I live in Iran .and unfortunately i dont have access to good guinea pig pellets and high quality hay is not accessible much.i dont even know if I'm feeding her alfalfa hay or else.. can you look at the photos and tell me what are they ?

It is too young for ovarian cysts. It may be just a mucus blob that has come out when she was in season.
A calcium pee is fluid.

I can't tell you what hay you are feeding. Can you research for equine horse supplies if you have them in within your reach?

Pellets are making only 5% of the daily food intake (1 tablespoon per day) and are expendable. I would recommend to add one or two extra sprigs of fresh herbs like coriander/cilantro and occasionally vary with it parsley, basil, dill or mint to supply some extra vitamin C. Grass hay should make the bulk (over 80% of the daily food intake).

 

[saeedeh]

It is too young for ovarian cysts. It may be just a mucus blob that has come out when she was in season.

A calcium pee is fluid.

oh god .thank you so much for your time.i'm relieved a little bit.but i will take her to the vet.god bless you

 

[Wiebke]

oh god .thank you so much for your time.i'm relieved a little bit.but i will take her to the vet.god bless you

Could you please add your country to location in your account details? You can access them when you click on your username on the top bar. This makes it appear with every post you make and alerts us that we may have to work out with you non-standard solutions and give medication advice by active ingredient rather Uk or US brand names.

 

[saeedeh]

Could you please add your country to location in your account details? You can access them when you click on your username on the top bar. This makes it appear with every post you make and alerts us that we may have to work out with you non-standard solutions and give medication advice by active ingredient rather Uk or US brand names.

 

[saeedeh]

this is what I'm feeding her .can you tell me the names ?

 

[Wiebke]

this is what I'm feeding her .can you tell me the names ?

I am sorry; I can't. The one on the right is new to me in that form. The one on the left could grass hay or alfalfa.