Are guinea pig sweaters safe?

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This is the picture that i found:
http://cdn.terriblycute.com/files/2012/03/Guinea-Pig-Sweaters-03.jpeg

I know the cold season's almost over but I have a lot of yarn left over and I was wondering if I can do this for my lil girl :)) when it gets cold my room is sometimes REALLY cold and I guess a small piggy wardrobe could be of some use lol

Is it ok to use any type of yarn?
Do piggies like these sweaters at all?
Are they comfortable in them?

Thanks :))
 
Hi!

Please forget about dressing up piggies - I can guarantee you that they will wiggle out of them as soon as they can.

Enjoy your piggies as they are. They are pets, not dolls; and they certainly do not need cothes to keep warm! If you are worried about them being cold at night, get a snugglesafe instead!
 
Hi there! I think the yarn would be better put to use in a nice snugloo or hammock. My girl likes to wash her sides quite frequently and often nibbles at the hair. I think I'd be concerned about ingesting micro fibers from the yarn if my piggy went for a lick and a chew. Plus if they got soaked in pee it might be harder for pig to dry off.

But it's a very sweet kind idea to keep your pigs warm where-ever they pootle! My girl tends to sleep through the cold days and you see nothing of her! haha.
 
Dusty_bugs said:
Hi there! I think the yarn would be better put to use in a nice snugloo or hammock. My girl likes to wash her sides quite frequently and often nibbles at the hair. I think I'd be concerned about ingesting micro fibers from the yarn if my piggy went for a lick and a chew. Plus if they got soaked in pee it might be harder for pig to dry off.

But it's a very sweet kind idea to keep your pigs warm where-ever they pootle! My girl tends to sleep through the cold days and you see nothing of her! haha.
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I'd be concerned that piggy would get a leg stuck in something like this
 
Amanda1801 said:
I'd be concerned that piggy would get a leg stuck in something like this
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With a knitted snuggloo or such? I t definitely depends on the thickness of yarn and if you do crochette and drop stitches. My knitting has always been quite thin wool,tight and plain stitching. I think they would be more suitable if you were going to have a fleece liner anyway as most these fleece furnishing have 2 or 3 layers to them.

But as I said before alot of wools and yarns can give off alot of fluff that I wouldnt want my pig to ingest so it has to be a fluff free hardwearing machine safe fabric (machine washing makes things bobbly and fluffy). I havent knitted anything for my piggles for this reason.
 
I personally wouldn't put anything on my guinea pig and from experience they soon wriggle their way out anyway, one of my piggies had a sore on his tummy from a mites infection so i cut up one of the OH's socks, made little leg holes etc, it took be about 5 mins to get it on him and less than 30 seconds for him to get out of it again!
 
Guinea pigs do not need clothes- even skinny pigs and I too would not be happy with anything woollen in their cage. Fleece is a far better option. :)
 
I had a bad feeling abut yarn anyway specially about some of the colors! And all the piggies in the pigtures looked comfy so I thought they actually like them mallethead but I never thought about the licking and chewing...silly me of course they could eat some of the fluff mallethead
Thank you everybody for your answers :)p
I'll have to think of some other way to keep her warm before next fall :)
 
Thanks! yeah it looks like a great idea and I'm sure she'd love it but I live in Iran it's really difficult to find this stuff mallethead and we obviously can't use Amazon *sigh* I'v looked in over 40 good pet shops but they don't have them pow-pow
 
No answer? Yeah that happens everytime Iran is mentioned...
 
Maxellnimons said:
No answer? Yeah that happens everytime Iran is mentioned...
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I, like many others wouldn't have a clue about shops in Iran or even places that would ship to Iran - only you'd know that! there's nothing sinister going on, I'm sure if anyone knew then answer they'd have posted it for you!

Keep looking around I'm sure you'll eventually find what you are looking for :p
 
It's always good to say which country you live in as there may be others from the same area who could help you.
Hopefully that will be the case and someone will come along and post soon.
 
Sorry I overreacted @) I love Iran but it gets so frustrating here sometimes @)
I'll keep looking for those pads, thanks for your replies, I don't know what I would have done if this forum didn't exist :)
 
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