What To Do With Bobby's Hair.....

[piggie-power]

Hello all

Bobby is a lunkarya cross rex/swiss and his hair is terrible :/ i brush his long locks daily but you can bet anything that by the next day he will have knots that need cutting out.

I gave up yesterday and chopped most of his hair off His hair is really rough and course - even after a bath.

Is there anything at all i can do or use to try and make his hair more manageable and maybe softer so it doesn't knot up?

 

[madguinealady]

gorgeous guineas do various shampoos but to be honest the best way is to keep it shorter. I have a peruvian and a sheltie and just run my hands through them and cut out tats. They are kept shorter as sell as tangles hurt them.Regular bum baths help as well. I hadnt trimmed my peruvian for three weeks due to personal problems and had quite a few tats to cut out so she has been cut shorter again

 

[piggie-power]

Yea i thought that might be the case - i best get some practising at trimming as at the moment he looks very choppy lol

 

[madguinealady]

hes cute.Mine got attacked with scissors last night and she looks very choppy as well but they are still cute

 

[Harry&lloyd]

I bought myself a tangle teaser hair brush years ago and tried it on my long haired pig after I found it in a drawer. She will now sit happily (albeit for 5minutes) with no fuss, knots or tangles. It's worth a go. This is the one I have http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0072AVYCX0CXD77JE5XF

 

[kaycdee]

My long-haired sheltie hates having his hair cut, he just will not sit still! I find that popping him in an empty bath and letting him wander round as I do it is much easier than trying to do it whilst he's sat on my lap.

 

[Piggly]

I seem to recall some folks use beard trimmers on long haired piggies! I have two sheltie girls but at the moment while they are small I can just about hold them still to cut the hair round their bums. They're ok with the rest of their hair being brushed/cut. I use a kitten brush which works well.

 

[guineapig-al]

I think he's beautiful, rasta braids and all

 

[Jessmacg]

One trick I found works with my piggies when it comes to cutting around their bums is to wrap the up in a tea towel up to their back legs which stops them from kicking and moving around. They still hate it but it makes it a lot easier to give them a trim plus I don't get scratched and often quite as much when it comes to getting out those awkward knots. Clippers works a treat too a lot quicker than scissors which helps with the stress.

I have 4 long haired piggies and even if I brush them everyday they still somehow end up getting knotted up.