weird coloured pee??

[briser]

I just had my boys out to play and one of them peed and it's an extremely weird color!!

Brown/orange/red ??

Anyone know what this could be? I've been feeding them all the same stuff, yesterday I did feed some carrots, other than that they have all been acting the same.

Will upload a pic asap.

 

[lilspaz68]

reddish, pinkish pee could be a UTI (blood in urine).

 

[Aida]

Hi Briser,
I've never had this issue, but I know that sometimes overweight or badly-nourished rats will have this problem, though if it did just happen for the first time now and nothing changed, I wouldn't think it's that.

Dark pee is often a sign of dehydration. Pinch the skin on the back of his neck, pull it up a bit, and let go. It should snap back in place quickly- if it doesn't, your rattie is a dehydrated. Try to make sure it's drinking, or mix some yoghurt/applesauce in water and offer it to him, then look at the pee.

Esentially, it could be the carrots. Don't feed them anything weird-colored for a few days and keep trying to check his pee, maybe put some paper towels in the cage.

Hold up until someone else posts a reply, too. And take a deep breath, it most likely isn't anything super serious!

Aida

 

[briser]

 

[jorats]

I've had rats with dark pee. It's hard to tell on the towel because it's already orange. If you can have him pee on paper towels might.