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Old 16-07-2008, 12:36 PM
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I have 2 Horsfields (Hoji & Lurpak) and I have had them for just over 2 weeks. I bath them every other day, (they are both 1) but I have only seen Hoji 'wee' in the bath - meaning urates. I have seen them both wee in their table.

Is this normal and OK?
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Absolutely fine...I guess when you gotta go, you gotta go...whether in the bath or the table
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Only other thing - I too have a 1 year old horsfield and the specialist vet I found reccommends bathing him daily, also he only ever passes urates when he is in the bath. She said that even if he doesn't drink whilst bating (whic he doesn't) he is absorbing fluid via his bum - never heard this one before but seeing as he quite enjoys his bath I am going to carry on doing it daily anyway!
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