I hope this does not belong here but.....

[crazysquirrels]

I let Jackie ut at lunch and went back to work. I came home and found this on my bed. It looks like blood. I checked Jackie and no signs of injury or bleeding. I did wash the sheet last night but I don't think the urine would mix and do this. There are 2 spots and NO other animals were in there. It smell like squirrel urine. I will have to wait until morning and let her onto the hardwood floor to verify that its in her urine. She hasn't eatin anything unusual and I don't see anything abnormal. I tried to clean it up but the sheet is stained. I know there are many possiblities here but she is female. Do squirrels have that time of the month deal? Seriously. The spots are about 3 inches by 5 inches and the smaller one is smaller.
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[crazysquirrels]

I fed her some veggies and she ate them. She is acting normal and drinking water normal too.

[island rehabber]

has she eaten cranberry, pomegranate or acorns today?

[crazysquirrels]

acorns YES the others no. I gave her 2 acorns at lunchtime.

[psychotic feather]

Its the acorns :rotfl

[crazysquirrels]

OK, Sooooooooo?

[Giftee's Mom]

It used to scare me to death when I'd see Giftee's reddish urine until I realized it was the nuts I was feeding that was doing it. Hope your baby is OK.

[psychotic feather]

Acorns have tannin inside of them

[crazysquirrels]

Her squirrel blocks have pecans. Lots of them.

[crazysquirrels]

Acorns have tannin inside of them
You are killing me here. Does it just turn the urine red? She is OK right? Elaborate on this for me. I am freaking out here.

[psychotic feather]

The tannin in the acorns causes a squirrel's pee to change to a reddish color.

[JLM27]

Yeah, red pee. It looks like blood, but it is not. I tore the snow apart about a month ago to get to the bottom of it, dreading what I might find, but there was nothing. It was acorn pee. She's OK. Stop giving her the acorns if it freaks you out too much.

Pioneers used to dye cloth with acorns, so it is quite staining, and something in your detergent might also be acting as a mordant to set the stains in your sheet.

[crazysquirrels]

OK, whew. I feel much better. Thank you all. NO more acorns. I don't want to come home and be freaked out like that. Can the admins please move this to the Grey squirrel section.

[4skwerlz]

It's the acorns. See my thread "Henry Peed Red."
Henry's pee after acorns:
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[pappy1264]

Well, that explains my flyers colored urine....lol (Glad it isn't anything wrong!)

[psychotic feather]

Maybe an admin should make a sticky thingy about the "bloody pee" so not so many people freak out about it.

[crazysquirrels]

A sticky is a good idea for this. I might have read it and not freaked out. My wife thought it was funny after I explained the entire deal.