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This isn't exactly an emergency as far as I believe, as there may be many known reasons for why my two year old male budgie Rin has orangish coloring to his urine and feces. He is currently eating Zupreem colored pellets and occasional millet. Rin only eats the red and orange pellets and refuses the green and yellow pellets. My vet and I believe his feces are red because of this.
He visited the veterinary office last week for an exam and was deemed healthy by the avian specialist, but had given me a new brand of non colored pellet blend, as they couldn't check for blood in his feces because they were dyed red by his current food. Rin is still eating the colored food but we are slowly introducing the non-colored pellets to him.
The avian specialist had told me that his poos were on the dry side a week ago, but now they seems to have an adequate amount of urine, but usually only in the mornings. I often see Rin drinking water at night so the excess urine is likely due to that.
I found these this morning
And these are from yesterday afternoon when he was sitting on my computer. They had dried before I got a picture, but you can see that there is very little liquid.
There seems to be no other signs of sickness (if this is a sign at all). He gets a lot of sleep, likes to sing and fly around, and is a happy little bird. I have never dealt with urine related issues but I believe that it is because of the same reason the poops are red: it's the red and orange pellets. Again, I am working on feeding him the new pellets. If you fear it is something else please tell me, but if you know that this is for the reason I believe, please let me know as well. Thank you!
He visited the veterinary office last week for an exam and was deemed healthy by the avian specialist, but had given me a new brand of non colored pellet blend, as they couldn't check for blood in his feces because they were dyed red by his current food. Rin is still eating the colored food but we are slowly introducing the non-colored pellets to him.
The avian specialist had told me that his poos were on the dry side a week ago, but now they seems to have an adequate amount of urine, but usually only in the mornings. I often see Rin drinking water at night so the excess urine is likely due to that.
I found these this morning
And these are from yesterday afternoon when he was sitting on my computer. They had dried before I got a picture, but you can see that there is very little liquid.
There seems to be no other signs of sickness (if this is a sign at all). He gets a lot of sleep, likes to sing and fly around, and is a happy little bird. I have never dealt with urine related issues but I believe that it is because of the same reason the poops are red: it's the red and orange pellets. Again, I am working on feeding him the new pellets. If you fear it is something else please tell me, but if you know that this is for the reason I believe, please let me know as well. Thank you!