Angeladeedah
Adult Guinea Pig
Hiya. I'm new to guinea pigs so have a question. In the books it says that you should bathe your piggy every coupla weeks. Does anyone actually do this and is it necessary? ?
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Hi,
Welcome both to the forum and the wonderful world of piggies--you will find they are addictive!.
You should not bath your piggies every 2 weeks,this will remove the natural oil from the skin and make them prone to parasitic activity.If your piggy is long haired,keep the hair at the rear trimmed to stop it trailing in wee,and if the bottom does get mucky give a bottom wash rather than a full bath.Piggies can be bathed approx once every 6 weeks to keep the skin healthy.The best shampoos to use are those from
WWW.gorgeousguineas.com
do not buy shampoos from petshops as these contain chemicals.
Good luck with the piggy keeping.Any time you need advise about anything.there is always someone on the forum to help.
Welcome both to the forum and the wonderful world of piggies--you will find they are addictive!.
You should not bath your piggies every 2 weeks,this will remove the natural oil from the skin and make them prone to parasitic activity.If your piggy is long haired,keep the hair at the rear trimmed to stop it trailing in wee,and if the bottom does get mucky give a bottom wash rather than a full bath.Piggies can be bathed approx once every 6 weeks to keep the skin healthy.The best shampoos to use are those from
WWW.gorgeousguineas.com
do not buy shampoos from petshops as these contain chemicals.
Good luck with the piggy keeping.Any time you need advise about anything.there is always someone on the forum to help.
Angeladeedah
Adult Guinea Pig
Thanks for that! This'll be fun when they get their first wash - Daisy's a wee wriggler at the best of times. 
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Hi there and welcome to the forum from us in OZ
I agree with the previous posts what type of piggie have you got? You might find that as long as you keep the cage area clean your piggie should be fine. You can also give errr 'butt' baths LOL a clean of the essential parts on either a girl or a boy with the special shampoos...
Always ask questions love i'm sure there will be someone along pretty quickly to advise and help O0 You can also do a search too and you'll find previous threads which will help you as well
I agree with the previous posts
what type of piggie have you got? You might find that as long as you keep the cage area clean your piggie should be fine. You can also give errr 'butt' baths LOL a clean of the essential parts on either a girl or a boy with the special shampoos... Always ask questions love i'm sure there will be someone along pretty quickly to advise and help O0 You can also do a search too and you'll find previous threads which will help you as well
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