What do i do if my horse has thick neon yellow colored pee?

Question

I rescued a horse 3 days ago and he was abused/neglected and he is approx. 200 lbs underweight, he's 15 yrs old and a gelding, he's eating and drinking normal,up to date on shots, and wormed.... just malnurished.... but i've never seen this color of pee b4 in a horse

Answer 1

The intense color means the urine is concentrated....there is a high percentage of nitrogenous waste for the amount of water in the urine.  It will also give off a stronger ammonia odor.  It indicates either the presence of disease in the kidneys, a urinary tract infection, or dehydration systemically.  It should be evaluated by the vet.  In the meantime, be sure your horse has access to ample fresh water at all times, and if you are feeding a high protein diet, reduce the proteins asap (never do any feed adjustment too rapidly).  Lowering protein in the diet reduces the filtering load on the kidneys, and will help to dilute the urine.  The nitrogenous wastes in urine are end-products of protein metabolism.

Answer 2

call your vet....descripe to them what the urine looks like and they will tell you hat to do

Answer 3

call your vet immediately.

Answer 4

I would check with your vet.  This might require some medicine.  He still might dehydrated.  Check out this web page about dehydration in horses.  It mentions something about urine.  Good Luck!  And props for rescuing the horse!  His life will be better now!

http://www.admani.com/AllianceEquine/Tec...

Answer 5

check for these things:

Failure of the skin to return to a flat plane when pinched and held briefly at the point of the shoulder, then released. The skin normally flattens out in one second or less. Dehydration is indicated when it takes the skin two to three seconds to flatten; over four seconds indicates the danger level of fluid loss is being approached.



Pressing the gum above the upper corner incisor tooth is another good test for dehydration. Press the gum using a finger and hold for a few seconds, then release and time how long it takes the color to return to the blanched area. Normal color refill time is one second or less, longer time indicates problems may be starting.



if none of these are present then it isnt dehydration and you need to call the vet but if these are present then just cut up some apples and put it in his water bucket to encourage him to drink more.

Answer 6

Until you can get the vet out there, add a tablespoon of salt to his diet. If you have electrolytes, add those to his feed instead. This will make him drink more, because it sounds like he is dehydrated. If he doesn't have a salt/mineral l**k readily available to him, stick one in his stall and/or pasture.

Answer 7

Call your vet and ask him about this. He could have a UTI. If he does, it could go from nothing to OMG! Better safe than sorry.

Answer 8

usually when humans get yellow pee its because they are dehidrated...............drinking a lot of water makes it go away idk bout horses

Answer 9

Sounds like he is dehydrated. I suggest lots of water and some electrolytes.

Another test for dehydration is to push in on the gum a little until it turns white. When you lift your finger off, the gum should turn pink again within one second. A longer capillary refill time indicates dehydration.

You can also give the loose skin on his neck a little tug. Pull it out to make kind of a tent. The longer it takes to snap back, the more dehydrated he is.

Dehydration can turn serious if not taken care of quickly. The kidneys can shut down. So, keep a close watch on him.

Answer 10

How thick? If it is really thick or gunky try to get him to drink more water and see if that helps clear it out. If it lasts for more than a day then I would call a vet. There could be something going wrong inside.