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Porphyrin?/blood in urine

willowflower27

willowflower27

Mama Doe
Priscilla has just been in the litter tray and because of her pelvis issues sometimes she leaves a couple of spots out side the tray due to mobility/comfort issues and it's an orangeish red she is otherwise well binkying eating normal cheeky self and she has had a few dried carrot pieces this morning I'm just having a bit of a meltdown as she's not spayed yet she has a routine check next week for a nail clip anyway can I leave it that long?
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In my opinion this is almost certainly pigment from plant material, which she has eaten, perhaps the carrot. My rabbits have lots of different types of forage and their urine is various different shades of yellow/orange/brown.
 
Omi said:
In my opinion this is almost certainly pigment from plant material, which she has eaten, perhaps the carrot. My rabbits have lots of different types of forage and their urine is various different shades of yellow/orange/brown.
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I agree. Also, Rabbits with mobility issues are more prone to bladder sludge. So that may be something to bear in mind.
 
looks normal to me honestly. rabbit wee can range from a light yellow to a deep orange. I think the biggest concern was if there was actual blood in the urine, like spots of it or if it was a blood red color.

there was an image of normal rabbit wee somewhere but I can't find it!!
 
Thank you for the replies my gut tells me it's the carrot pieces but I just worry about her

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While a picture may be hard to interpret, I agree that it is likely pigment from metabolizing food rather than blood from what I can see along with her behaving normally.
I have had bunnies who suddenly developed orange urine even with no change in diet and they lived long, happy lives.
When I have had an unsprayed female with blood from her uterus, the color was not evenly distributed in the urine like your picture appears.
 
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