Cameo had a bath - my first attempt!

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My first ever attempt at bathing a piggy, and it went swimmingly! (not literally of course....)

Jeff came to work today to be checked over by the vet, and Cameo came to keep him company. I decided that work is the best possible place to bath her! There's double sinks (I filled one with warm water, sat her in the sink next to it, and used a small pot to pour water over her), plenty of towels on hand for drying, and then she sat in a nice heated kennel to keep warm while she completely dried off - thats when Jeff wasn't snuggling on the heated bit instead! rolleyes

Getting lathered up!
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After a good rinse
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Now for the drying...
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After a towel dry
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In the heated kennel with Jeff
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Just wondering, how often should guinea pigs be bathed? or is it mainly more for the long haired pigs? :)
 
Awwww Soggy piggies! x)x)
 
Cameo is so cute! Loving the towel picture! x)


Trina.Hyde said:
Just wondering, how often should guinea pigs be bathed? or is it mainly more for the long haired pigs? :)
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My piggies all had a bath a few weeks ago. Now I've got some new additions and 5 of them are long haired; they'll be bathed monthly or as needed I think (the babies only when they're bigger)!

Short haired piggies generally only need bathing if there's something wrong (mites/lice/etc) or if they're just dirty little critters! When I bathed my piggies a few weeks ago now it was the first time they've been bathed, ever; aside from one who was bathed after a period of illness where she didn't keep herself clean. I only plan on bathing again if necessary with my short-haireds! :)
 
Trina.Hyde said:
Just wondering, how often should guinea pigs be bathed? or is it mainly more for the long haired pigs? :)
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Cameo is my first long haired piggy, and I was advised by claire to bath/trim etc. approx every 4 weeks or so.

You can bath short haired piggies too, I've never bathed my guys, I've never had any reason to need to.

I wouldn't recommend bathing too frequently, it can dry their skin out, cause them to be itchy etc. so maybe once every 4-6 weeks?

Also, make sure you use a shampoo thats safe for them. I use gorgeous guineas shampoo as it's recommended by most members! http://www.gorgeousguineas.com/

Do a forum search for bathing - there's lots of helpful posts out there!
 
Amanda1801 said:
Cameo is my first long haired piggy, and I was advised by claire to bath/trim etc. approx every 4 weeks or so.

You can bath short haired piggies too, I've never bathed my guys, I've never had any reason to need to.

I wouldn't recommend bathing too frequently, it can dry their skin out, cause them to be itchy etc. so maybe once every 4-6 weeks?

Also, make sure you use a shampoo thats safe for them. I use gorgeous guineas shampoo as it's recommended by most members! http://www.gorgeousguineas.com/

Do a forum search for bathing - there's lots of helpful posts out there!
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yep, I do them every 4-6 weeks during the summer (long haireds) and trim them when I bathe them too.
 
All0about0the0animals said:
yep, I do them every 4-6 weeks during the summer (long haireds) and trim them when I bathe them too.
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She's due a trim, but unfortunately I didn't get a chance to do that at work I as had to deal with a cat attacked by a dog instead!

Is it easier to trim them wet or dry?
 
Amanda1801 said:
She's due a trim, but unfortunately I didn't get a chance to do that at work I as had to deal with a cat attacked by a dog instead!

Is it easier to trim them wet or dry?
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I like to do it when they're in the sink so that I can see the fur flowing behind them and where I like to cut, especially on the curly coated ones, but you can do it dry :)
 
Aww what a cutie. She looks like she took it all in her stride....what a good girly.

My boys that are short-haired get bathed every 3 months or so as they are messy little so & sos.
 
aaaaaw Jeff......what a lovely name it suits him too he really does look like a Jeff drooldrooldrool

Gorgeous Jeff so sweet and cuddly drooldrool

thank you for lovely pics to drool over LOL drool
 
Lovely photos. As others have said the towel photo is the best.
 
PiggyLove said:
aaaaaw Jeff......what a lovely name it suits him too he really does look like a Jeff drooldrooldrool

Gorgeous Jeff so sweet and cuddly drooldrool

thank you for lovely pics to drool over LOL drool
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Cameo is the long haired piggy... Jeff is her new husband...

My little fatty Jeffy pig...

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soggy piggie awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww droolx)


I cut hair both wet and dry......... i usually do a bit of a trim whilst wet and then finish off when dry cause you can then even it up more once dry :)
 
Ahh lovely squeaky clean pigs! I'm also going to bath mine for the first time soon, I'm worried about how long it will take to dry because they live outside and there's nowhere to put them indoors while they dry apart from on my lap. I've got a jealous dog who would have to be put in the car while all this is going on.
I know I'm going to be all on edge, and worried about scaring them. :{
 
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