Gingers Massive Colour Change

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My favourite girlie Ginger is changing colour! Dark hair has come on in literally 4 weeks :/

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Whats going off here then lol
 
That is really interesting. I had a ginger piggy who went very dark. At first I thought it was dirt and bathed her! She just went a brownish colour. Ginger is beautiful.
 
Aw thanks guys! She not particularly sociable - thats why I like her :D I've had people tell me that its because she's older but she's only 9 months :/
 
It is not unusual with ginger piggies. I have and have had a couple that have gone from bright ginger to dun and a third that is getting dark hairs at the moment.
 
Black Jack said:
Ginger pigs are notorious for changing colour. It may well change lighter as she gets older. Us redheads are very controversial that way! She is still a little stunner though!
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Good point about redheads. I was carrot orange when I was 5 (long time ago). I'm more mousey now (with a hint of grey) .
That's the hooman bit over - back to guinea pigs ...
Ginger is gorgeous
 
That's really interesting! I've not seen that before. What a gorgeous piggy! :love:
 
Ooh interesting, I have a ginger aby who is only ten weeks old. It will be interesting to see if he changes colour.
 
I've got a piggy too who was Ginger when I got her in April last year. Minnie started to go brown last winter & I too bathed her but it wasn't dirt & she's still brown.

 
Stewybus said:
I've got a piggy too who was Ginger when I got her in April last year. Minnie started to go brown last winter & I too bathed her but it wasn't dirt & she's still brown.

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Ooo thats quite a pig change isnt it! It just seems like lots of black strands amongst the ginger fur with my girl - especially around her face x
 
Yes, there's still ginger there but lots of dark brown hairs which make it look brown all over x
 
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Your Ginger is now dark ginger but still looks ginger not like Minnie who does look brown although I describe her as ginger brown x
 
Stunner no matter what the colour :drool: :luv::luv::love:
 
Maybe it's because she's getting older? Or possibly a winter coat? I don't know, but she is beautiful, I love that color of fur! :)
 
In Minnie's case it started to get darker this time last year & has never gone back to it's original colour x
 
I'm relieved to find this thread as my ginger and white piggy is changing colour and I was worried she might be sick although she seems normal in every other respect. She has been bright ginger since she was young and this change has been occurring since she turned 4 years. Does anyone have any idea if there is a trigger? We have recently moved house and I'm wondering if it's this change although she is still an indoor pig? Has anyone had this change reverse back again?
 
She is gorgeous!

One of my ginger girls has turned into an agouti. She did this when she was about a year old. She has a flash of ginger still on her back and developed some lilac on the top her neck. Her half sister who is a very red ginger is 4 now and not changed at all. They were identical at birth, so much so when I found them at the adoption place they had to mark her ear with a tiny piece of nail varnish so we would tell who was who!

Strange is'nt? I know horses, particularly greys/blacks also change colour massively over time.
 
Andrea Cunningham said:
I'm relieved to find this thread as my ginger and white piggy is changing colour and I was worried she might be sick although she seems normal in every other respect. She has been bright ginger since she was young and this change has been occurring since she turned 4 years. Does anyone have any idea if there is a trigger? We have recently moved house and I'm wondering if it's this change although she is still an indoor pig? Has anyone had this change reverse back again?
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I have a 4 year old white and ginger piggy and her ginger bits are changing colour too. It's strange.
 
My Arthur hasn't changed colour but I have my ginger hair is getting lighter the older I get :( I don't want to turn blonde I was bullied mu entire childhood for being a ginge its not leaving me now! I might have to keep Arthurs hair when I brush him hehe
 
My Essylt is currently doing the same. My Taffy and my Llewelyn both went from bright ginger to a brown/dun colour eventually, developing single dark hairs first around the second or third year of their life. Nothing to worry about!
You can see the gradual change over the years in Taffy's RIP thread: https://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/goodbye-taffy.121232/
 
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