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Urine cloudy and confused

NewPiggieMa

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We are new to piggie parenting and adopted a 4 mo old male and an 8 mo male about a month ago.

For the last week they have had cloudy white urine. It is not grainy, but is white enough to leave a white stain on the fleece when it dries.

We've researched dieting needs quite a bit and have come to understand cloudy white urine usually means an excess of calcium; however, we think we are feeding a low calcium diet. I must be off, but I'm not sure where.

We feed daily:
1/4 cup Oxbow pellets
unlimited Oxbow timothy hay
2 cups combo of: red leaf lettuce, endive, green/yellow/red peppers, 1/4" slice of zucchini, and 1 cherry tomato.
Occasionally: carrot, cilantro, parsley, apple, fresh grass

I've tried to use the calcium calculator from guinealynx, but I am having trouble making sense of it. If I'm reading correctly, I'm actually low on calcium and would need to increase calcium for the proper calcium:phosphate ratio, but this feels counterintuitive to preventing cloudy urine.

Any suggestions or advice?
Thanks!!
 
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