Grooming Texel Pigs.

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Hi, I was just wondering what the best thing to use for grooming texels is. At the moment I use a comb, which is working really well, he doesnt have any knots in his fur. How do people groom their bellies though, he has quite long fur on his belly. I have tried but he doesnt like it. I was reading on one site that they mentioned that you have to groom texels the against the way the fur lies, is that true? I tried doing that, but it kept on getting knotted, and makes him squeal. If I do it the normal way he sits their for ages, and he's only 6 weeks old, such a good little boy.

Thanks for your help. :)
 
You're so lucky he will sit for you! My pig is a texel cross so the fur on his tummy isn't all that long but the rest of him is a nightmare! If your guy is only 6 weeks, thins might change as his hair grows longer and into tighter spirals. My guy hates being combed, he leaps all over the place, I use a widetoothed comb that we used to use on our poodles to try and ease any pulling but now I just cut his hair short to save on his stress levels. Not that enjoys being trimmed either but I think its the lesser of two evils for him.

I think the comb will be fine for grooming though as I said if his hair grows a lot and gets really thick then you might want to use quite a wide toothed one. Hope he continues to enjoy his grooming. I'm so jealous!
 
Oh dear, you have problems with a cross, do you have a picture of what he looks like would like to see what mine could look like when he gets older also do you have a pictures of the comb you, as I've not heard of one of those before. I'm hoping that by grooming him at such a young age will get him used to it.

Thank you.
 
This was Gus when he was about 7-8 weeks old, the white piggy with the agouti face
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This is him a couple of months ago before he had his trim
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and this is him after he had his crew cut
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I don't have a picture of the comb but have a look in pets at home or somewhere like that. Try the dog grooming section. The comb I use has about 0.5 cm between the prongy bits
 
You should be able to brush a Texel's tummy with a brush, for the coat I use a 'Rake' (Afro) Comb, but also brush. :)
 
Thank you both for your help. I will have to wait now till he grows and his hair gets longer to see how he is with grooming. :)
 
We have a lot of texels in the rescue. I just run a fairly widely spaced comb through their fur while I trim round their bottoms once a month or so. As long as you keep their rear end short and bath them regularly like other pigs they take good care of their own coats. They are not the nightmare that long haired rabbits are thank goodness.
 
hopperhaven said:
As long as you keep their rear end short and bath them regularly like other pigs they take good care of their own coats.
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Um, that's something I've not heard before is cutting the fur on their back ends, can I ask why? Is that for fly strike or something, can these get fly strike?

I was also wondering about the bathing, how often do people bath their pigs and why? I've only bathed the two older boys once since they been here, mainly because it was in the winter they were here, and I didnt want them to catch a old or something. I dont have a hair dryer, because I dont have any hair, but have been told that I can buy microfibre towel, which I just did this week.

Thank you.
 
I love texels! (well i love all piggies ;D ;D) Just had to say he's gorgeous don't know anything about them though ::) SORRY!
 
This is my little piggy, he looks almost the same as gus and jack's,

here is Sion (Welsh spelling for Shawn, as in Shawn the sheep, lol)
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You can see how curly he is already, and that goes for his belly too, which is has tighter curls. I am not going to bath him for a while, as he's way too young. I also am not sure about cutting his hair either, as I dont hink its too long right now. I am looking forward to him getting bigger though. :)
 
hehe, you aught to see his whiskers, curly short bits hanging off his face. I need to get some batteries for th camera, and as soon as I have I'll take more pictures.

I have this not very good one of his face, sorry its a bit big.

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John.
 
:) What a Babe :) We used to trim round our Molly's back end so it didn't get knotted. As long as the under coat is kept shortish the rest can be left at ground level (when it gets there). Molly was 5 wheeks old when we got her and a right little scruff ::) The others have all been adults when they arrived. Bathing is more for their skin than the hair and keeps parasites at bay (or at least helps to :) ) * wants another Texel/Merino* :smitten:
 
What would you say is the best shampoo for Texels? I just bought some from Gorgeous Guineas, the one with lavender in it, which said that it was for this breed, but I dont think it keeps the bugs away though.
 
Puggies Rule said:
do they make afro combs for piggies?
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I use a 'Human' one :)

My favourite shampoo for my Texels and other longhairs is Posh N' Go. Molly was one of the original pigs it was trialled on. At the age of 5 her coat was brittle and ;ack lustre. Texels have the harshest coat of all the longhairs as it is so any shampoo will soften the coat but Posh N' Go did it beyond recognition- Like antiaging shampoo. I wrote up my test results in an article that should still be on Gorgeous Guineas, various long coated pigs were used and it enhanced all their coats for different reasons.
No apologies for sounding like an advert for Posh N' Go, its great stuff (in my opinion :) )

For 'bugs' I use Manuka and Neem, I'm not overkeen on the smell (compared to the others) but it does the job for Fungal and Parasitic problems. Perhaps a Melt then a Posh N' Go would be best? Ask Chrissie@ GG which Melt though :) Lavender is a great conditioning shampoo :)
 
Oh, I havent heard of Posh N' Go before, I'll have to take a look for it. It wont be for a while yet as he's too young to bath. I'll go ask Chrissie which melt would be best too.

Thank you for your help. :)
 
Here's some more pictures of my boys all together. Sion is having a bit of a bad hair day, I did groom him earlier, but he doesnt take long for his fur to get all messed up.

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Hope you like. ;)
 
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