AimeeOx
Junior Guinea Pig
Hello All!
I've been lurking on the forum for a while and have read many posts with interest - thank you!
I have two boars, nearly a year old (birthday 12th April!), who love each other to pieces Higgins is a short haired tricolour (American?), and Gibson, his brother from another mother) is a Ginger and white Peruvian.
Gibson loves having his nails done, Higgins hates it. Higgins loves having a brush, Gibson hates it.
Sadly, Gibson is now collecting a lot of pooey debris in his skirt and around his bottom. I've spent an hour for the last two evenings trying to trim him up, using various different scissors (it seems to be the noise he dislikes), and though I've managed to do some, there is still a long way to go. The trouble is, as soon as you get half way down his body (he's fine with his front end) he starts jumping, and kicking his leg out (it's hilarious to look at!), he'll even flip and do a 180 turn with a carrot hanging out of his mouth. Then he'll squeal as if it's the end of the world and run up onto my shoulder/back of my neck and start nibbling my hair! I'll then get a couple of shoulder nips saying he wants to go back home!
Do I just need to persevere? The cutting is definitely easy than the brushing, and I thought perhaps if his hair was shorter and I brushed daily then, he would get more used to it.
Is he likely to calm down, or will his 'ninjy-chopping' side kicks always be something I need to contend with?
I've been lurking on the forum for a while and have read many posts with interest - thank you!
I have two boars, nearly a year old (birthday 12th April!), who love each other to pieces Higgins is a short haired tricolour (American?), and Gibson, his brother from another mother) is a Ginger and white Peruvian.
Gibson loves having his nails done, Higgins hates it. Higgins loves having a brush, Gibson hates it.
Sadly, Gibson is now collecting a lot of pooey debris in his skirt and around his bottom. I've spent an hour for the last two evenings trying to trim him up, using various different scissors (it seems to be the noise he dislikes), and though I've managed to do some, there is still a long way to go. The trouble is, as soon as you get half way down his body (he's fine with his front end) he starts jumping, and kicking his leg out (it's hilarious to look at!), he'll even flip and do a 180 turn with a carrot hanging out of his mouth. Then he'll squeal as if it's the end of the world and run up onto my shoulder/back of my neck and start nibbling my hair! I'll then get a couple of shoulder nips saying he wants to go back home!
Do I just need to persevere? The cutting is definitely easy than the brushing, and I thought perhaps if his hair was shorter and I brushed daily then, he would get more used to it.
Is he likely to calm down, or will his 'ninjy-chopping' side kicks always be something I need to contend with?
They key is to get the bum short and keep it short try not to touch his flanks as that is probably making him kick. I would advise someone holds and feeds then someone carefully trims put your fingers between the blade and the pig. 
once we have done that we brushed with our hands then I used scissors while someone held her for me. Maybe it's pulling him near his bum xx
and happy future birthday to the boys!
