Normal urine?

[Waterfallhannah]

Hi everyone,
I put a paper bag out for my boys this morning, filled it with hay and, naturally, they have been loving lying in it and stuffing their faces. When I looked in it just now, I saw this creamy looking urine. Can anyone please tell me if this looks normal? It is smooth and creamy, not grainy at all, just there was quite a lot! Have put some on my finger for reference!
Thank you!

 

[Waterfallhannah]

Also the dark stain around the creamyness is just the paper bag being wet!

 

[Wiebke]

Hi everyone,
I put a paper bag out for my boys this morning, filled it with hay and, naturally, they have been loving lying in it and stuffing their faces. When I looked in it just now, I saw this creamy looking urine. Can anyone please tell me if this looks normal? It is smooth and creamy, not grainy at all, just there was quite a lot! Have put some on my finger for reference!
Thank you!

Hi

Milky urine drying to a white powder is the natural way of excreting excess calcium.

There is nothing wrong with it unless you have them on a daily or near daily basis or there are gritty bits (crystals) in it. If you have lots of calcium pees, you may want to review your diet as to whether it is either too high or too low in calcium.
Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets

 

[Waterfallhannah]

Hi

Milky urine drying to a white powder is the natural way of excreting excess calcium.

There is nothing wrong with it unless you have them on a daily or near daily basis or there are gritty bits (crystals) in it. If you have lots of calcium pees, you may want to review your diet as to whether it is either too high or too low in calcium.
Long Term Balanced General And Special Needs Guinea Pig Diets

Thank you! At the moment I'm feeding them an alternating diet of:
1. Romaine lettuce, green bell pepper, coriander and cucumber
2. Red lettuce, yellow bell pepper, parsley and cucumber.
It tends to be a variation on one of these, but always contains these ingredients. This is because I read on guinea dad that these were good for urinary health...does that seem ok?
Thank you for helping

 

[Siikibam]

I would cut back on the parsley. It is high in calcium and shouldn’t be fed more than once a week - and just a sprig at that.

 

[Free Ranger]

Filtering tap water is recommended for the piggies to reduce the calcium in that. And if you've got one that hoovers up the pellets you'll likely see more calcium pees from them!

 

[Waterfallhannah]

Thanks guys!
One of them did this one today, seems to be the same as yesterday, drying quite thick but still no crystals or gritty bits and not completely white, more of a creamy tint. They are quite young (12 and 14 weeks), do you think I should take them to the vets?
Thank you!

 

[Siikibam]

It’s good that it’s not gritty. As mentioned already, the two biggest contributors to calcium in the diet are pellets and water.

When you cut back/remove anything that is high in calcium, it does take a little while for changes to occur in their bodies. Do have a read of the feeding guide that was linked to above and see.