Urine sow makes farting like sounds when urinating

That probably warrants a vet visit. She might have a bladder infection. I've never had that issue. I know pigs pee is cloudy though.

Normal guinea pig urine is NOT cloudy, @madelineelaine. Cloudiness indicates either a urinary tract infection or excess calcium in the urine.

@pandaloki, I know you're not in an area with a lot of competent vets, but it does sound as though she needs a vet visit if you can find one that's good enough. The erratic urination sounds like a possible stone, one that sometimes blocks the urethra and sometimes not. If it gets lodged in the urethra, the pig can die a very painful death. That may not be the problem, but in any case, she needs to be seen.

nooooo I thought it was all okay since she never showed signs of pain. I also took her to the vet weeks after she was given to me for her general check-up and she was gaining weight fast so I thought she was pregnant. She looks pregnant, even the staff at the clinic thought she was. The vet examined her and told me that she eats too much (I give her the same amount of food I give to my other pigs). The way the vet examined her looked a little painful, he was pressing her belly to check for pups inside. She looked like a balloon being squished but she didn't make any sound or showed signs of discomfort, I was even amazed that she didn't bite.

Sadly I only know two exotic vets, one I don't really like so much, I've read a lot of negative reviews about him and had a really bad experience with him my self. I suspected one of my boars of having stones or UTI, on my 3rd visit (because urine in blood was an on and off thing for him ever since puphood) he told me that it's better to let my boar die instead of spending so much money treating him "you can always purchase a younger and healthier one" I didn't say anything and never ever would want to go back in there.
The other one is very reputable, same guy who examined my sow, but he's out of town, will be back next week.

I don't have much choice but to wait. The veggies I give them is low in calcium (green leaf, green bell peppers as staple. cucumber, carrots, apple, basil, and cilantro once in a while). I'm cutting down on the pellets since the only ones we have are alfalfa based.

Maybe you could look at cutting out the pellets all together just until the vet gets back next week and ensure a good variety of low calcium veggies, and of course unlimited hay.

@bpatters, oh, my pig looks like she has cloudy urine? Unless I'm seeing it wrong. I know one time she sprayed Felix with urine, it looked almost whitish. What could should there urine be? Not yellow, like ours, I assume?

madelineelaine said:

@bpatters, oh, my pig looks like she has cloudy urine? Unless I'm seeing it wrong. I know one time she sprayed Felix with urine, it looked almost whitish. What could should there urine be? Not yellow, like ours, I assume?

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Cember just finished peeing on me during lap time so I'm gonna go with clear. It looked like regular water, just warmer.

Clear to slightly yellow. Does it dry white?

pandaloki said:

The veggies I give them is low in calcium (green leaf, green bell peppers as staple. cucumber, carrots, apple, basil, and cilantro once in a while).

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How much basil are you feeding, and how often? Basil is very high in calcium. Higher than parsley.

Sometimes it leaves white spots, but not normally, and if it does it's because they've had dandellion greens. They only get those a few times a month, if that.

@bpatters

I thought basil was okay. 4-5 leaves, 2-3 times a week.

I have an adult female and a 6 week old female in a cage together. When I give them their pigloos at night, the little one does zoomies and popcorns for a good 10 minutes or so which annoys Diglett. My husband and I were watching and laughing when all of a sudden Tinker Bell zoomed up behind Diglett only to get sprayed all over by Diglett. Her urine looked clear....... Poor Tinker Bell. She looked really dejected for about 30 seconds and then started zooming around again. She even popcorns in the pigloo which lifts it up a bit. Really funny.....

If she looks pregnant and is aggressive isn't that a sign of possible ovarian cysts?

sort of cloudy- white colored.

pandaloki said:

I thought basil was okay. 4-5 leaves, 2-3 times a week.

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I don't believe so. I give each my girls only 1 leaf once a week.

I wouldn't worry about the amount of basil the pig is getting.

A little cloudiness in the urine can be normal, according to Guinea Lynx. https://www.guinealynx.info/normal.html

And yes, a pig with ovarian cysts can look pregnant.

@pandaloki Who is this vet who said that "you can always purchase a younger and healthier one"? (how dare he!). I hope he's not from VIP? I just want to make sure that I could avoid him. And the one who's reputable: are you referring to Doc Nielsen?