Do I need to be bathing my piggie?

[emm-jane76]

I've seen on this forum that a lot of you do. Do I need to be bathing my Nigel or would it only be for a particular reason?

 

[Wiebke]

I bathe my shorthair piggies only about every 6 months unless there is a medical reason or they are exceptionally dirty. Other members bathe more often.

You might find this link helpful:
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=47314

 

[CiaraPatricia]

There's often no need to bathe short haired piggies. If their fur ever starts to smell or feels greasy to the touch, like if you touch them and your hand feels dirty afterwards, then you could bathe them. But try not to do it any more than every 6 weeks (I'm a dog groomer and that's what we recommend for dogs anyway). Some people wash them regularly like that, some people might only do it once or twice a year.

I never wash my short haired pigs at all.

 

[BellasMummy]

My 2 girlies are short haired and they have had only 1 bath in the 9 months that i have had them, they really don't need it.

 

[emm-jane76]

Thanks for that! I won't bother then - only if I have too

 

[4Pigs]

I've found with mine if they are bathed every 4-6 months it stops fungaly skin problems. My first two piggys suffered from skin probs and bathing them every few months really did seem to help and kept them lovely and shiney.

This has got to be the best shampoo for piggys:
http://www.gorgeousguineas.com/index.html

All there stuff is homemade and works really well, the piggy problems page is also really helpfull.

Hope this helps

 

[piggiewiggie]

We bathe the piggies once or twice a year.
Except recently its been more because they need to be bathed.