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allyandtobey

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I took tobey to the vet this morning for his routine check up and myxi booster, and he did a little wee in the box, and i just mentioned this casually to the vet, and she looked at it and said "this?" and looked worried, it was a sort of banana colour, sort of thick but not sludgy, and she said i should keep an eye on his urine and if it is still like it in a couple of days come back as it could be stones or too much calcium.

i did a bit of research online and they all said that the pale yellow colour is normal but a curry or mustard powder colour is not - it was neither of those. it wasn't particularly sludgy or chalky either, just a bit thick.

he drinks plenty throughout the day and doesn't strain to urinate as i hear him go sometimes, and also I check his bedding and often it is either clear or a rust colour.

should i be worried? what can be done if there is a problem? i don't feed him vegetables that often as I was advised that it is not a good idea, he has carrots and carrot tops mainly perhaps once a week or so.

has anyone else had any experience with this? what happened?

thanks for any input :)

ally and tobes.
 
In the past 8 yr. w/ all my rabbits, the urine colors changes. My current bunny, Goofball, sometimes the color of urine is the light yellow color, sometimes you can see thru, and some other time, it's the heavy milky yellow color, kind of like a paint color heavy. Talking to 2 vets, they both said it's normal. Not necessary one color means healthier than the other.

If a rabbit go outside and eat exotic grass, then color of urine will be Burgundy color, that is normal too.
 
I've given up panicking about urine colours now, mine have produced quite a few shades and textures between them. I sometimes see think yellowey ones but none have had a problem!
 
Have to agree I've seen Deej's pee in many colours :oops: most embarrassing is when he drinks it - being an indoor bun I pray he never decides to do that when we have guests round!!! :oops: :lol: :oops:
 
kitschkitty said:
Have to agree I've seen Deej's pee in many colours :oops: most embarrassing is when he drinks it - being an indoor bun I pray he never decides to do that when we have guests round!!! :oops: :lol: :oops:

:lol: :lol: :shock: :lol:
 
phew... thanks for the replies :) i will keep an eye on him in terms of if he is straining to go.

i do feed him masses of hay he has loads of fresh hay at all times, and i just give him a handful of pellets morning and night.

Thanks nicole i will check out that website now :)

one thing he's never done is drink it though - urgh!! i thought the caecotroph (spelling?) eating was bad enough :lol:
 
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