Hair Snack?

emilyjk · Jan 4, 2018

Today while having lap time with Queenie (more like neck-time) I looked down and she bit off a peice of my hair, then proceeded to EAT It!

Either she was over the cuddling, or she wasn’t very impressed with my split ends.

:lol!:

Has anyone else expierenced this? Should I be concerned? :hmm:

Gem789 · Jan 4, 2018

emilyjk said:
Today while having lap time with Queenie (more like neck-time) I looked down and she bit off a peice of my hair, then proceeded to EAT It!

Either she was over the cuddling, or she wasn’t very impressed with my split ends.

Has anyone else expierenced this? Should I be concerned?

My 1st pig bill used to always eat my hair lol.I think it’s what they call barbering.I have no idea why they do it x

emilyjk · Jan 4, 2018

Gem789 said:
My 1st pig bill used to always eat my hair lol.I think it’s what they call barbering.I have no idea why they do it x

all I could think of the time was “WTF?”

. None of my piggies have ever done It before! I’ll just assume It was a sign of endearment if she was grooming me. Lol

Gem789 · Jan 4, 2018

emilyjk said:
all I could think of the time was “WTF?” . None of my piggies have ever done It before! I’ll just assume It was a sign of endearment if she was grooming me. Lol

I only ever had one other pig who did it just the once and I was so happy as he was very ill and had just been syringe fed and when he did it I thought he must be feeling a bit better x

emilyjk · Jan 4, 2018

Gem789 said:
I only ever had one other pig who did it just the once and I was so happy as he was very ill and had just been syringe fed and when he did it I thought he must be feeling a bit better x

Oh my, how sweet. :hug:

piggieminder · Jan 4, 2018

Yhttps://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/barbering-eating-hair.132650/ou may find this link interesting, I found it when one of my boars gave his cage mate a restyle!

emilyjk · Jan 4, 2018

piggieminder said:
Yhttps://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/barbering-eating-hair.132650/ou may find this link interesting, I found it whe one of my boars gave his cage mate a restyle!

The Link is broken

piggieminder · Jan 4, 2018

Oh dear I'll try again. Barbering ( Eating Hair)

emilyjk · Jan 5, 2018

piggieminder said:
Oh dear I'll try again. Barbering ( Eating Hair)

That was very helpful! Thank you!

Maxine&Piggies · Jan 5, 2018

emilyjk said:
Today while having lap time with Queenie (more like neck-time) I looked down and she bit off a peice of my hair, then proceeded to EAT It!

Either she was over the cuddling, or she wasn’t very impressed with my split ends.

Has anyone else expierenced this? Should I be concerned?

The exact same thing happened to me! I was just leaning on the big chair my guinea pig was eating on, and I just feel something pulling at my hair... and there she is eating a bit of my hair. I haven't really researched it, but I prefer for her not to eat my hair so I just make sure she doesn't.

AbbyCavy · Jan 6, 2018

My fiancé walked into the bedroom one day and started freaking out claiming that there was a snake on the floor! He making a production of it asking me to hurry and get the broom so he could kill it. When I got close enough to see the “snake” I realized it was actually a long lock of my really wavy hair :woot:

I laughed until I cried it was so funny!

Squibbles was looking a bit too innocent if you know what I mean. I remember thinking “so that’s what I heard when she was so lovingly snuggling in the nape of my neck!” My hair stays bound during lap time now... :roll:

emilyjk · Jan 7, 2018

AbbyCavy said:
My fiancé walked into the bedroom one day and started freaking out claiming that there was a snake on the floor! He making a production of it asking me to hurry and get the broom so he could kill it. When I got close enough to see the “snake” I realized it was actually a long lock of my really wavy hair I laughed until I cried it was so funny!

Squibbles was looking a bit too innocent if you know what I mean. I remember thinking “so that’s what I heard when she was so lovingly snuggling in the nape of my neck!” My hair stays bound during lap time now...

That is too funny! :woot:

Hoppity.K · Jan 7, 2018

My late Pedro used to love hair, especially biting long strands of mine. He was so fast with his scissor teeth he would bite a long piece/ chunk off before I’d notice. I never let him eat it though & always tied it back after that. My hairdresser had to sort out the much shorter piece & disguise it as a layer. Good old Pedro :luv:

xx

Merrypigs Sanctuary · Jan 7, 2018

Our Joe was a hair muncher bless him, and Winter. Toffee took a chunk out of my fringe yesterday and hung on like it was a million pound note

She was NOT letting go of my hair!

emilyjk · Jan 7, 2018

Hoppity.K said:
My late Pedro used to love hair, especially biting long strands of mine. He was so fast with his scissor teeth he would bite a long piece/ chunk off before I’d notice. I never let him eat it though & always tied it back after that. My hairdresser had to sort out the much shorter piece & disguise it as a layer. Good old Pedro xx

Merrypigs Sanctuary said:
Our Joe was a hair muncher bless him, and Winter. Toffee took a chunk out of my fringe yesterday and hung on like it was a million pound note She was NOT letting go of my hair!

These stories are killing me! Luckily my piggy didn’t get an entire strand - just an end of a peice! Silly little things