Greetings everyone. One of my Guinea pigs seems to have an issue with urination. About two weeks ago I noticed that she has been urinating red/pinkish colors. The first time it happened, I fed her carrots and soon after she urinated red. I then stopped feeding her carrots and the red stopped. Then about a week about, I decided to treat them to carrots again and the same thing happened. Today, I ended up feeding them carrots and she urinated bright red. Their dinner today was: romaine lettuce, parsley, a little bit of a carrot, a small amount eggplant skin, and about an inch of a piece of peach as a treat. When she finished her meal, she urinatard red, once again. I am afraid that this may be a UTI or worse. This issue only happens after eating her meal(especially the carrots). I figured that perhaps it is the porphyrins from the vegetables. I cannot be sure. I want to make sure this is blood before taking her in due to transportation issues and well as I don't want to waste a vet visit. I fed her vegetables about 6 hours ago and every urination since then has been red. The red color gets lighter each time and at this point, there is only a subtle color of pink(barely noticeable). She is not lethargic or in any pain. She still eats away like a lawn mower and has not had any symptoms of any kind since I first noticed the red urine two weeks ago. I've checked for sludge and grittiness, there is none. I also checked her bottom and it is clean with no signs of blood. I have them on white fleece to easily spot abnormalities. She is seven months old.
Note: In the first two photos,there was a red spot in her pink urine which I inspected with a stick. It was gooey. When placed on a napkin, it would leave a red trail whenever I moved it.
-In some pictures(which may be difficult to see), there are darker spots of red in the pinkish urine.
What do you all think of this? Could this be haematuria? Could this just be porphyrins from vegetables? All help is appreciated. I am quite worried about this. Thank you very much in advance.
Note: In the first two photos,there was a red spot in her pink urine which I inspected with a stick. It was gooey. When placed on a napkin, it would leave a red trail whenever I moved it.
-In some pictures(which may be difficult to see), there are darker spots of red in the pinkish urine.
What do you all think of this? Could this be haematuria? Could this just be porphyrins from vegetables? All help is appreciated. I am quite worried about this. Thank you very much in advance.