[Gpdd] HEALTH Brownish urine

Penny Charlesworth piggyfriends at tesco.net
Sat Mar 28 09:21:29 EDT 2009


Julie,

I didn't respond to your query about brownish urine as I had never seen this before but yesterday, when cleaning out my new boys, Copper and Polo, I saw dark brown stains on their newspaper. I remembered that someone had posted about this, had a search and found your post.

I found this on Guinea Lynx under "Normal"  http://www.guinealynx.info/normal.html#urine

I had to call my Rodentologist to make an appointment for another piggy and asked her about this. She said that she had seen this occasionally but usually in piggies on a poor diet, which certainly doesn't apply to either of our herds.

She said that the urine looks clear when they pass it but dries to a dark brown "rusty" colour due to oxidisation, just as it says on GL. She also told me not to panic!

Today I am separating them to find out who is the culprit and will post some more if I discover anything new.

It cannot be due to the colour in carrots as neither of my little ones are keen on what is usually a Piggyfriends' favourite. Copper will nibble the edge of a slice and Polo totally ignores them. They came from a good home so I do not suspect an inadequate diet.

Penny and the Piggyfriends.


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