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Post by jcdscaviary on Jan 12, 2010 17:40:49 GMT
Well I have 2 sows that have urine that is tinged a pink color. I am thinking that means there is blood in their urine. I noticed it about a month ago, but figured it had to do with feeding them carrots. Well now they haven't had carrots for awhile and their urine is still pink. One has a lighter shade then the other. After reading and reading and reading some more. My conclusion is that they probably have a UTI. But the thing is there are no other signs, no squeeling in pain, no hunching up, nothing... They are eating, drinking, and act perfectly healthy other then the pinkish tinged urine. I am going to treat them like they have a UTI. My husband is out at the health food store right now buying pearl barley and unsweetened cranberry juice for me. I am going to make some barley water for them and give them doses of cranberry juice to see if that helps clear it up. Here is a link to what I think they have and on how to treat it. www.oginet.com/pgurney/cystitis.htmHas anyone seen this or dealt with this before. It's just the pink urine, no other signs of illness. They are still popcorning, so they are baffling me. I wouldn't have noticed the urine if it weren't for letting them play in the play area I made them and had placed some old white towels in there.
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Post by luvcats22 on Jan 12, 2010 18:02:14 GMT
yes, one of my boys had this over xmas, no signs of being ill but red pee. he was his happy chirpy self. i treated him with septrin (known as bactrim in the usa) and provided cranberry juice and barley water. he didnt like the cranberry much but loved the barley water,and enjoyed the cooked barley especially if it was still a bit warm!!! two weeks later he was fine, no red pee.
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Post by chelleywhite on Jan 13, 2010 18:49:23 GMT
My girls had pink urine last week, but it was because I'd given them watermelon. I hope your girls are ok - they certainly sound fine, so it's a bit of a mystery.
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Post by cavymaniac on Jan 13, 2010 20:31:32 GMT
My Amber has got this at the moment as well. She's also showing no symptoms other than pinkish urine. We're taking her to see our rodentologist on Monday and am hoping she can sort her out if I can't in the meantime.
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Post by delukem on Jan 13, 2010 22:23:23 GMT
Some guineapigs can have pink urine from time to time and it is perfectly normal. We had a boar that used to do this and then it would just disappear. As long as they are not ill I don't think it is anything to worry about, but it is always worth checking to make absolutely sure.
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Post by jcdscaviary on Jan 15, 2010 18:01:51 GMT
Well I am giving them barley water (that I am making) and unsweetened cranberry juice. So far Angel's pee is getting REALLY light. Barely notice the tinge anymore and Snickers is getting lighter as well. They love the barley water and Angel loves eating the cooked barley. Snickers ate a little of the barley, but not as much as Angel did. No signs of illness so I am not really too worried. I figured the barley, barley water, and cranberry juice can't hurt anything.
Sounds like this is something pretty common. Thanks guys!
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Post by tpmc on Jan 16, 2010 3:50:27 GMT
We feed our girls fresh cranberries when we can find them and they actually like them. Don't know if this works the same as juice. We just cut them in half before feeding.
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Post by chelleywhite on Jan 16, 2010 8:12:43 GMT
Do you feed them cranberries only when you think they have a urinary infection, or as part of the fresh veg and fruit you usually give them? I only ask because I read that guinea pigs (and other animals) will eat certain foods as a kind of medication if they don't feel quite right and avoid other foods at certain times. Like us, if we fancy a certain food it's usually our brain subconsciously telling us that we're defiecient in some mineral/nutrient that the food we're craving contains. Of course, animals can only do this if we offer a wide range of foods.
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Post by delukem on Jan 16, 2010 11:23:32 GMT
I usually put fresh cranberry juice in their water and still give them their fruit and veg as it is still needed to provide all the other nutrients that their body requires. Always watch that the water is going down in their bottles when putting something alien in there as sometimes they won't drink if it is a different taste and if they have a urine infection it is very important that they drink otherwise the condition will get worse. You could always try to syringe feed liquid with cranberry in if the drinking is a problem.
I have read somewhere that guineapigs can get pink urine and it is perfectly normal but try as I might I can't think where I have read it, but I know that one of our boars had it and it disappeared spontaneously without treatment. He wasn't ill and was eating perfectly normally as well. We have had guineas with UTI's but I have to say that they have always been ill in themselves.
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Post by jcdscaviary on Feb 20, 2010 17:23:18 GMT
Ok, this was a funny coincidence.
James, my 11yo son, is in 4H. He joined the rabbit quiz bowl kids in our area. And one of the questions in there was "What do you do when your rabbit has blood in its urine?" And you know what the answer was......
NOTHING!
LOL!!!
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Post by Orlaith on Feb 22, 2010 17:11:31 GMT
Nothing, really?!
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Post by catvieira on May 2, 2013 19:08:10 GMT
Hi everyone! I just wanted to say thank you for all your posts! I have 3 guinea pigs and started finding pinkish patches of wee in their cage. They were all happy, eating, drinking, etc so I left it for a little while. A few weeks passed and no change, so I started changing their food to try and figure out if it was something they were eating, still no change. Following the advice on this forum I bought some barley from a health shop and cooked it. They refused to eat it, so I mixed it with their pellets. Slowly they began to eat it. I also put some unsweetened cranberry juice in an extra drinking bottle. They didn't seem to like this either so I syringe fed it to them a couple of times. After a few days they were eating the barley mixed with pellets and the cranberry bottle was slowly going down. A week later and no more pink wees!! All gone! I'm so pleased to have everything back to normal and avoided an expensive and possibly pointless visit to the vets (they're not very good with guinea pigs). So thank you for your help and hopefully this will help other people too x x x
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