Hi,
Thank you! He gets a snack whilst brushing but will still try to kick me when ever I get near his bum
I guess I will just have to try and hope he eventually gets used it it! He won’t even let me give him a bum trim at the moment!
She looks very similar to pepper he is very Curly underneath and round his bum, luckily he doesn’t have any mats yet but I worry that I am not brushing him enough as he seems to hate it so much! I trimmed him in the summer and it was much easier to manage but his winter coat is crazy!
Mine with a tightly curled tummy seems to keep it nicely groomed herself :-) I never seem to need to groom underneath them :-)
You mention "brushing" ... my difficult girl really hates me to use a brush on her back end, but I bought a wooden "men's beard" comb, and she doesn't hate that quite so much. I alternate each comb through with a soothing stroke of my hand, and she's definitely not responding as upset as she did weeks ago. A wide toothed wooden comb may be worth a try for Pepper...
Thanks, I will give that a try!
When Pedro is being super uncooperative, I hold him like this, hand under his chest and his butt on my lap, and start brushing. There are times where he is super chill and I don't need to restrain him, but most of the time he is a squeaking wriggle worm.
He hates both.
Lots of complaining squeaks alongside with him licking my BF's hand was an amusing sight, though I was afraid he might try nipping my BF, but he thankfully didn't. I guess the brushing triggered him to try grooming in response as a "how do you like it?" thing?
Better that than caked in poop and pee! Sheepy (the alpaca who’s hair never stopped growing) had far worse!I don’t know about others but I just cut my Peruvian short. She doesn’t like the brushing, I’m not gonna show her so why stress about it.
I just hope no one judges my skills as a dog groomer based on my ability to cut my piggy
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Still better than before though @Betsy! Fresh and clean!
Would love to help if I was closer!
This is what is worrying me slightly he is actually getting worse! But hopefully he will get used to it eventually!Would love to help if I was closer!
They definitely get used to it after time, Sheepy was terrible at first but used to quite like a brush and a tidy after a good few months here! Especially when he got his cataracts, then the horrible stroke my poor boy, I could get to and scratch the bits he couldn’t!
How often do you groom him/try!?
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I have started trying every other day at the moment, he seems to be better with a comb but still tries to kick me if I go near his back legs or bum! When we first got him we would brush him regularly but it seems as he has got more confident he has become a bit of a diva! I will preserver though!How often do you groom him/try!?
My Jasper has got a real issue with his face being touched (ears and nose got nice bites from his past cagemate poor boy), the first few weeks I could hardly get near him but I’ve been getting him used to it gradually and he’s so much better after 7 weeks! I can stroke over both eyes now, even look in his ears if he’s in a good mood! And stroke all over! Loves a fuzzy bum scratch too!
Luigi is also a massive diva so totally understand!
He gets brushed a couple of times a week as he moults like mad, worse than the cat! I get kicks, bites and screams bloody murder sometimes when it’s nail trims or a brush (normally when the food’s stopped!), total diva! Aliona’s brilliant and sits like a little angel with nail trims etc thank god! Jess was a terror for years with those! Piggies! 
