Antonio R.
Junior Guinea Pig
Just to make sure, guinea piggies' pee is supposed to be whitish, right?
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White Pee?
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Jesse's pigs
Adult Guinea Pig
Guinea pig urine can be a number of colours. If it's whitetish then that is just the calcium etc in it making it white, some are grittier wees- again linked to the calcium. When wee oxidises it cab become rather brown or sometimes reddish- again normal. Blood in urine appears as little red dots and beware of puppy pads because they can give the urine a reddish tinge.
Jesse's pigs
Adult Guinea Pig
Here's a urine chart.
Milky pee contains excreted excess calciuym. that is the normal way of the body to get rid of it. It dries to whitish powdery substance.
As long as it happens only occasionally there is no reason to worry, but when you see milky pees on a daily basis you might want to adjust your diet to one that contains less calcium and start with filtering the water.
it is important also to be sure that the balance calcium/phosphorus is always respected. Its ratio must be 1,5:1 (about). That is a bit more calcium than phosphorus, otherwise the calcium is not absorbed. Guinea Lynx website has a good chart and a calculator for being sure that the daily diet is correct. You can have a bad excretion of calcium in urine also eating little calcium... if this little is not balanced with phosphorus that is the result. Moreover, too little calcium means that the body takes the calcium from teeth and bones... not a good idea...
I see those white spots only when this ratio is not respected; if the meal is rich of dandelion leaves and chicory (very rich of calcium) and I add a large piece of bell pepper or a cucumber (both low in calcium but with more phosphorus) I don't see any white spot.
And the more grass they eat the better (and totally clear) their wee appears...
I see those white spots only when this ratio is not respected; if the meal is rich of dandelion leaves and chicory (very rich of calcium) and I add a large piece of bell pepper or a cucumber (both low in calcium but with more phosphorus) I don't see any white spot.
And the more grass they eat the better (and totally clear) their wee appears...