Hair Drying Tips After A Bath?

[Dilly's Piggies]

My piggies finished a 6 week course of ivermectin last friday and my shelties especially are in desperate need of a bath and groom to get rid of all the rubbish left behind from the mites, they're still a bit itchy and greasy, their coats don't look great so I have the gorgeous guineas coconeem melt and manuka and neem shampoo ready and waiting for them to cleanse the skin. I'm just worried about bathing them as the weather is still on the chilly side here, 12*C outdoors but we keep indoors around 20*C so it's not too bad, it's just that the melt and shampoo needs to stay on a while and only a couple of them don't mind the hair dryer afterwards, the others need to be towel dried and I'm terrified of leaving my pigs with just a towel dry as I've had URI's from it in the past even in warm weather.

Does anyone have any advice on how to get them to be not so terrified of the hairdryer? It'd help me out a tonne if they would allow me to dry them this way.

 

[VickiA]

I just get the OH to hold the scared or wriggly ones while I use the hairdryer. If that's not possible then could you just heat the room they are in bit more and keep towel drying them with dry towels (but I know it can take ages)

 

[eileen]

i put mine on a towel inside a box/cardboard ,then put hairdryer on a very low heat and keep the hairdryer moving,until the coat is mostly dry,plenty of treat veg at the same time !

 

[Beans&Toast]

I towel dry them the best I can, sometimes using a couple towels to soak all the water up, then I use the hairdryer on the lowest setting. They used to be scared at first but are fine now. I don't dry them completely as they live indoors, but enough so they're not damp/cold. Whilst I'm doing this I offer some veg/nuggets to keep them occupied