Piggies pee is light red

[Lauraarse03]

I went into my Guinea pigs room an the pee pad had red urine I was wondering what this could be from I have three piggies an I need to figure out which one here’s a picture I’m also going to call an show my vet

 

[Lady Kelly]

Is this fresh or dried? It doesn't appear to have the darker outer circle that would indicate blood. Urine oxidises as it dries and goes a rusty colour. Urine can also be coloured by certain veg, red chard was a particular culprit with one of my late piggies.
I would recommend a white towel on your knee with one piggy and waiting until they pee. Repeat until you find the culprit or have had every pig out and no signs of blood. Also keep an eye open for other signs such as squeaking when weeing, fluffing up, sitting hunched in the corner, lack of interest in food

 

[Wiebke]

Hi

It looks rather like a porphyrin (natural red dye) pee that are characteristic for the erly stages of a urinary tract infection (either sterile IC or UTI); the can but my also not contain blood. It will take a few days for symptoms to become consistent as those pees and any squeaking when peeing will be off and on for the first ca. 5 days.

It takes a lot of blood to turn a pee showing the light red blood (which dries to mid-brown and not to a dark maroon). Seemingly clear pee can test high for blood while deep red porphyrin pees can test free of blood in my own experience.

You may want to see a vet sometime next week during regular opening times.

 

[Lauraarse03]

Ok thank you I was going to sit a pee pad an white towel on my lap an wait to see which piggies peeing red

 

[Lauraarse03]

Is this fresh or dried? It doesn't appear to have the darker outer circle that would indicate blood. Urine oxidises as it dries and goes a rusty colour. Urine can also be coloured by certain veg, red chard was a particular culprit with one of my late piggies.
I would recommend a white towel on your knee with one piggy and waiting until they pee. Repeat until you find the culprit or have had every pig out and no signs of blood. Also keep an eye open for other signs such as squeaking when weeing, fluffing up, sitting hunched in the corner, lack of interest in food

Ok thank you I’ll definitely do that an I’ll call my vet In the next few days to have them all checked

 

[Lauraarse03]

Is this fresh or dried? It doesn't appear to have the darker outer circle that would indicate blood. Urine oxidises as it dries and goes a rusty colour. Urine can also be coloured by certain veg, red chard was a particular culprit with one of my late piggies.
I would recommend a white towel on your knee with one piggy and waiting until they pee. Repeat until you find the culprit or have had every pig out and no signs of blood. Also keep an eye open for other signs such as squeaking when weeing, fluffing up, sitting hunched in the corner, lack of interest in food

I out the pad down an walked a way an then one of my piggies peed it was fresh pee not dried