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is this bladder sludge or just calcium deposits?
i think it's little bit thicker but still powdery. i found some since June 25. yesterday the urine is clear. i cut off his high calcium veg but i found this today he still have this white spot.
 

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i only give him cucumber and oxbow vitamin C last day. but why his pee become bit thicker?
 
Powdery deposits are the normal way of excreting calcium. The occasional one isn’t a problem at all.

Does your piggy eat lots of hay?
 
sorry for late replies,
i don't give any high calcium veg for 3days. only grass, cucumber (bcs i think it's bladder sludge so i give him more watery veg), vit C tablet, pellets in small amounts,but sometimes his pee had white stains and sometimes it's clear. i still wondering why because the water is good tho. his cagemate have the same menu but he doesn't get any white stains after. if this is sludge, does sludge rarely flushed out or flushed out in small amounts only?
 
alvarezboy said:
sorry for late replies,
i don't give any high calcium veg for 3days. only grass, cucumber (bcs i think it's bladder sludge so i give him more watery veg), vit C tablet, pellets in small amounts,but sometimes his pee had white stains and sometimes it's clear. i still wondering why because the water is good tho. his cagemate have the same menu but he doesn't get any white stains after. if this is sludge, does sludge rarely flushed out or flushed out in small amounts only?
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alvarezboy said:
vet is 7hours travel, what can i do rn is giving him more watery veg only
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It takes several weeks for changes to the diet to have any effect on calcium in the body. Therefore if you only made changes three days ago it won’t have an effect yet.

If it is only occasional white pee leaving white chalky powdery stains then it is normal excretion of calcium.
You only have to worry if it feels gritty when you touch it when dried. If it is gritty when touched then it is crystals/ sludge and you should see a vet.

If a piggy has sludge then whether it can come out at all depends on how much there is and how tightly it is packed in the bladder. Some sludge may be come able to come out through good urination but if there is a lot then it can need to be flushed out by a vet.

I appreciate it is a long journey for you to get to a vet, but we can’t know what is actually happening with your piggy and we cannot give a diagnosis. Only a qualified vet can do that.

Do note that piggies with a good balanced diet do not need vitamin c tablets.
 
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