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Old 06-25-2012, 12:54 PM   #1
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Question Hamster urine color?

I was cleaning up my hamsters wee spot when I cleaned his cage, it was kind of solidified so didnt pay much attention to the color. I left the room to get a clean rag and when i came back, he was in his wee spot again(with no bedding there) weeing there. It was a pretty odd color to me, it was kind of white-ish, and milky looking, versus the usual yellow urine of most animals. Is this normal, this white-ish milky color? He is my first ham.. not so educated on urine colors
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Old 06-25-2012, 01:06 PM   #2
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Default Re: Hamster urine color?

I know that's normal for female hams, don't know about males, sure it is normal though
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Old 06-25-2012, 01:07 PM   #3
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he is an adult male syrian, he acts fine so im pretty sure nothing is wrong with him, just seemed like an odd color to me lol
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Old 06-25-2012, 01:26 PM   #4
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Hadley's urine is a milky yellow color and as far as I know that is normal (she's female)
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Old 06-26-2012, 08:39 AM   #5
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I`m not too sure but it could be something to do with calcium in the urine. Syrian urine does tend to dry a white colour, which dries like a rock and stains plastic o anything it comes into contact with, so the calcium crystals within the urine could be causing the milky, opaque colour. That`s my theory anyway!
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