Red urine

Phoenix normally has orangey red urine... I notice it's usually when she's getting a lot of vitamins and minerals such as when I gave her vitamin drops in her water every morning or when I started giving her veggies every morning.

I discontinued giving her the drops In wAter to see what happened and the orange went away and she just had plain urine. Since giving her veggies every morning for the last month her urine is orange everyday. I don't know if it is like that consistently throughout the day or not. Normally the color should only last 2-3 days but with her I have a hard time remembering when I saw normal colored urine.

She also urinates a lot! She is getting more water though since I normally feed her veggies still wet and she already drinks a lot to begin with. It's not out of ordinary for her and she does not strain to urinate she urinates a few times a day in large quantities appropriate to how much she drinks but should I go get her urine sample tested anyways?

The vet assured me she was all fine it's just Im worried about the fact that the orange urine is more often than not present. I'm am simply concerned... How much do your bunnies urinate? I normally use newspaper but it's getting to the point where I think I need to pick up a natural clumping litter to put under her grate in her litter box!

Foo's urine is that color too sometimes.
And sometimes its regular clear color. I don't quite understand why, but as far as I've read; its pretty normal.
If you feel more comfortable getting Phoenix's urine tested, then go for it! But I think its pretty normal for their urine to range in color.

I think sometimes it has to do with the kind of foods they are eating. Things like carrots will affect the color of the pee.

I know it's normal for it to be that color but not for long periods of time. I don't give her any heavily pigmented foods so I'm fresh out of ideas as to why it remains so

I understand the color is a chemical reaction, so it's not really related to eating anything red. I wouldn't be concerned. Honey's always is a dark brown color.

The coloration in the urine comes from the carotenoids in their diet. Yes carrots can do it but leafy greens are also full of different carotenoids which will change the color of their urine.

Carotenoids aren't in any way harmful long term are they?

That's right. It is a chemical reaction to the veggies the buns are eating. Dark orange is totally normal.

Funny thing, I have 10 bunnies and they all eat the very same things. Some have orange urine and some don't. I guess it just depends on the bunny.

As far as I know they don't cause a problem. The carotenoids just aren't metabolized in the kidneys like they are in some other animals so they're passed and change the urine's color. Usually blood in the urine will be a more streaky coloration. It's also normal for rabbits to excrete some amount of calcium in the urine, although this can prove problematic for some rabbits who end up with bladder sludge issues.