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Hi, I'm thinking of adopting a long-haired guinea pig. As I only have experience with Americans and Abyssinians, I wanted to know what specific care this breed needs. I know they need their hair cut, but how often and how short? Also, do they need to be brushed daily? Are they prone to...

My guinea pig who was given to me as a female by a petstore turned out to be a boy (i think) after a month of having him, i searched how to sex a piggy and i saw his penis i guess. My piggy not later after that, had his balls a bit more swollen that usual. I brushed it off because it didnt seem...

It's hard to believe it's been 6 years already, almost to the day in fact. 20th March 2019 if I remember correctly, we brought you home. After the loss of Treacle, Ebony took being alone again very hard, but she was far too soft to be added to the big herd. So I went on a search to find some...

Hello, I have a Sheba mini yak or long haired Abyssinian which is not recognised as a Guinea pig breed but it’s a relatively known “breed”. She hates being touched. I try to brush her and she hates it when I brush her to fur but she doesn’t squeal. She just tries to wriggle away. When I get to...

First, if the hair around his bottom is getting matted at all then if would benefit from being cut off. Two of my boys also have this long ‘skirt’ that grows outwards and can drag on the floor. Popcorn is smooth but long haired, Wilbur is a teddy type. I have to cut the long hair at the end...

She is beautiful. You don’t bathe regularly - it isn’t good for their skin. I have a 6 year old boy who is long haired and he has only had one bum bath in his whole life (he ran through a pee puddle and made a mess of himself!). Only bathe is she is very dirty (ie not keeping herself clean)...

All you need is some scissors and a comb, there is no age set for the first hair cut. Trim your guinea pig once it seems to be getting a bit long. It depends on how fast his hair grows, but you should brush it every day, and trim about one a month. An Illustrated Guide to Hair Cutting

Welcome to the forum Some piggies are just more dramatic about things than others! I have a long haired and he hates being brushed so what I do is cut his hair short around his back legs, bottom and sides so that no hair drags on the ground. I find then that he doesn’t need to be routinely...

I use scissors for my long haired boys. I don't like to stress them out so I have never brushed their hair in the past. For cutting the bum hair, I use a tunnel shown below, so they can sit quietly while I cut the bum hair. I put a photo below, so I hope you find it useful.

Hi What a little cutie! He looks like a bit of a mix but has definitely rexoid hair. Please be aware that this hair type acts like a sponge for any pees, so it gets very stinky and very matted very quickly - much more so than with smooth long-haireds like shelties. I have made my experiences...

I'm pretty convinced that my newly adopted piggies have some kind of lice. They scratch a lot and sometimes bite their hairs, and I can see tiny whiteish things on their hairs, not moving but there's lots of them particularly around their bottoms. I put a brush through this hair on one of them...

One of my Guinea pigs has long hair and white, the back end (bum) all the fur is dirty and brown, Iv gave him a trim so it don’t get any more dirty (it started to knot their no matter how much i brushed him). Is it worth me bathing him as he’s still quite dirty or will it only upset him?

Thanks so much! Ill definitely give this a try

A little update for everyone about Koda, He’s finally back to his normal little self and is eating his dry food again, is drinking like normal and is back to hating his cuddles 🤭 we had a proper clear out of the cage and he had a proper bath (which he also hated cause that meant nail clipping...

Hello I would welcome some advice about my long haired piggie rusty. The past couple of months her hair has gotten crazy long and particularly around her bum. I think the hair is catching her wee and she is sometimes wet. I do bathe her but a day or so later she's messy again and I try...

Gaia has survived another butt trim and would like everyone to know she is very angry about her treatment. It can't be helped! When her fur gets to a certain length, she just seems to be perpetually damp with pee. Until I started shaving her, I thought she had continence issues but nope... as...

I recently got a 4 month old male Texel called Duster as a new companion for his 20 month old Jasper who recently lost his brother. I’ve had Teddy’s, and American and Jasper is a Rex. When I chose him from the breeder I didn’t actually really think about the maintenance of his crazy hair! He’s...

Hi all, I have 4 guinea pigs, two are long haired (I took them on from someone who couldn’t care for them properly). They’d never been bathed, hair cut etc. I love them to bits but they are SOOOO messy compared to my 2 shorthairs. Does anyone have any advice on how they keep on top of the...

Awww, she's lovely! I've had a couple sheltie crosses and recently acquired what I expected to be another sheltie cross... much to my surprise she is pretty much a full-blown sheltie with a LOT of fur. A LOT. Very much fur! So I feel you here! There's really no need to bath unless your...

No, we cannot tell the difference between normal and not just from one picture without comparison and without access to your piggy. But if the hair continues to stand up despite a brush and if there is weight loss - whether a fast one or a slow and gradual one - over 50-100g (2-3 oz), then you...