Is Whitish Milky Pee Normal?

Crystal.L

Crystal.L

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Hello, is a milky color pee normal? His pee is normally whitish but when I wipe it away, it's yellow.
 
It's hard to say for sure without seeing it. If you're at all concerned it never hurts to get your piggy seen by a vet.
 
It's kind of like this post but it's less foggy and more whiter. Like this... not my photo by the way.
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I've definitely seen my girls pee look like that, but only a vet can tell you for sure if that's normal. The color can vary depending on what they ate and sometimes because they're sick. If in doubt, get it checked out. If you need help collecting a urine sample to take to the vets, here's a guide.
How to collect a urine sample
 
Calcium is excreted in urine. When it dries, is it very gritty? Urine also oxidises (goes rusty colour) when it comes into contact with the air. What do you feed him, do you filter the water and how much are you giving him in terms of pellets?
 
When the wee is constantly as white and cloudy as that, it usually means that you are feeding a diet that is rather high in calcium. Please have a read of this guide Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets which contains recommendations for a long term balanced diet that is low in calcium. If you also filter the drinking water and check the calcium content of your pellets you can reduce calcium intake further.
 
Siikibam said:
Calcium is excreted in urine. When it dries, is it very gritty? Urine also oxidises (goes rusty colour) when it comes into contact with the air. What do you feed him, do you filter the water and how much are you giving him in terms of pellets?
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No, it looks like a splat of bird poo but completely white and smooth. I feed him timothy hay, I change out his water every day, I'm giving him about a tbsp of pellets everyday.
 
I just found out that Midwest United States' tap water has about 42.1 mg/L of calcium. I get my piggies water from the tap in my house. Is that too much calcium? Although, the city on the website that I live closet to only has about 24.4 mg/L of calcium in their tap water.
 
We recommend you filter your water if you’re in a hard water area. I’m not schooled on the amounts of calcium in water. What veg do you feed him?
 
Siikibam said:
We recommend you filter your water if you’re in a hard water area. I’m not schooled on the amounts of calcium in water. What veg do you feed him?
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Bell peppers, broccoli (every once in a while), lettuce, kale, parsley.
 
As Vicki has said, and linked in the guide, it’s a good idea to filter drinking water, check their pellets for calcium level as well. Water and pellets contribute most calcium to the diet.
Veg such as kale, spinach and parsley are also high in calcium so need to be kept limited and only fed once per week.
 
I live in Arizona with some of hardest tap water in the world. I filter my piggies' water but I imagine it still has more calcium and other minerals than most. I rarely feed calcium-rich vegetables because of this, but when I do, I sometimes see similar "output." As long as it clears up within a short period of time, I try not to worry too much.

A trip to the vet never hurts though.

Those countertop water filters that can filter a lot of water at a time are a good investment.
 
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