Taming the mane!

[Beetrootbec]

Hi, does anyone have any recommendations of a quiet easy to use reliable beard trimmer for taking care of longer haired piggies manes?! Thanks x

 

[Swissgreys]

We have an excellent and very in-depth guide to hair cutting here:
An Illustrated Guide to Hair Cutting

 

[Qualcast&Flymo]

Some are mentioned in this thread:Best Clippers For Long-Haired Piggies?

 

[VickiA]

I have the focuspet clippers from Amazon. They are very quiet and the piggies tolerate them very well. And as a bonus they’ve done the OH and sons’ hair during lockdown, too.

 

[Bill & Ted]

I use my OH beard trimmer it’s a Walh brand I think with a number of settings for Posh whose hair grows very quickly. I’m hoping to give her a trim today, she actually seems to like it a bit shorter, seems to give her more energy and a spring in her step

 

[Free Ranger]

Recently bought 'Sminiker' pet grooming clipper set from amazon. This kit was about £20 and advertised as being 'quiet'. It doesn't seem that much quieter than the Wahl we got for son's hair last year but it is smaller than that (and rechargeable as opposed to mains wired) and frankly it does the job, being lightweight and easy to handle. Hubs has to hold Louise while I did the front end... the back end I managed alone. Still had to scissor round ears as she was too frightened of clipper noise but she's a bit like that and bounced away afterwards whereas I had to have a little lie down! Everything got covered in tiny bits of hair. Doing her outside next time!

Don't clipper off whiskers and watch out for nipples... I didn't do the underside at all apart from a necessary scissor trim of floof around the 'bikini' area which was soaking up wee and causing her problems.

 

[Beetrootbec]

Thank you all