Sorry not too sure where this should belong so mods feel free to move it!
Betty who is 14weeks and Elsie is 10, in a word, STINK. Yesterday it got to the stage where my slightly dramatic OH had to move to another chair. It's not a smell I'm concerned about, it's just general mucky guinea pig whiff. I'm a bit reluctant to bathe them both as they are so young, I don't really like washing my piggies in general and they still don't trust me fully so I feel whacking them in some water isn't going to help the bonding process but it really is quite unpleasant.
Is there a health reason for me not to wash them? Or do you think they should be fine. It is really needed. My other piggies who I've had for two years (and all the ones I had in the past) have been bathed once or twice at most and have never got this smelly. I presume this is one of the joys of owning long haired piggies!
Betty who is 14weeks and Elsie is 10, in a word, STINK. Yesterday it got to the stage where my slightly dramatic OH had to move to another chair. It's not a smell I'm concerned about, it's just general mucky guinea pig whiff. I'm a bit reluctant to bathe them both as they are so young, I don't really like washing my piggies in general and they still don't trust me fully so I feel whacking them in some water isn't going to help the bonding process but it really is quite unpleasant.
Is there a health reason for me not to wash them? Or do you think they should be fine. It is really needed. My other piggies who I've had for two years (and all the ones I had in the past) have been bathed once or twice at most and have never got this smelly. I presume this is one of the joys of owning long haired piggies!
