Urine colour

[weaselprime]

Hi Guys,
Just wondering what colour their urine should be? I have given up on trawling the web for advice as there seems to be no general consensus.
I noticed today that my boy's wee seems to leave a white residue and was looking for (hopefully) some reassurance that this is normal and if not what it could mean/what I shoud do about it.
They have so far only eaten degu pellets, timothy hay, one tiny square (5mmx5mm) of dandilion leaf each and two tiny cubes (again 5mm) of dried sweet potato (I have only had them a couple of days). Their water is fresh tap water and I live in quite a soft water area.

thanks in advance
WP

[emz]

When it is warm the pee tends to dry whiter than when it is cool I noticed back in my old cage and the recent heat may have made it more noticeable to you. It isn't really anything to worry about. I use to give my degus bottled water as our old house had lead pipes still and I didn't want to risk harm but if you have regular plastic modern plumbing they should be fine.

[woodchip]

Mine are on filtered water because we live in a hard water area (the only downside of the beautiful rolling downland that surrounds us). Their pee also leaves a white residue. I presumed this was just salt residue and that they must have a high salt content in their pee.

[w8152]

Degu's expel any toxins and salt in their urine as they do not possess sweat glands, this means that any toxins usually sweated out by other species must be ejected in this way. its fine. we do it through sweat they do it through pee. You'll notice it goes red if you let them eat dried beetroot or carrot.

[weaselprime]

thanks guys this makes a lot of sense (especially the lack of sweat glands) I didn't put 2 and 2 together! (I work nights so my brain is rarely engaged )