Long haired guinea pigs whose hair drags along the floor will get their hair wet from urine and it will then pick up dirt and debris from the cage floor.
How to get matted hair out of a guinea pig.
Bathe your guinea pig.
It may take several grooming sessions to get rid of the matted hair or alternatively you could take your guinea pig to a professional groomer where they will trim it out.
Please let me know and i just cut her hair so i just noticed it now.
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Texel guinea pig before hair clipping.
Some pigs seem to get matted no matter how short you keep it bedding seems to get tangled in there and make it all the worse.
She has it really close to her butt and her hips are really badly injured.
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Damp fur is sometimes easier to brush out rather than dry fur.
Alongside the back legs.
Under the mouth around the chin area.
Around the grease gland or end of the tailbone.
Matted fur on a guinea pig must be taken care of because the skin underneath can become irritated and infected.
I ve found it easier to keep these pigs on fleece.
Even with regular grooming a long haired guinea pig can get tangles.
Make sure to have a guinea pig certified shampoo on hand.
Guinea pigs usually males get that in that area.
Long haired guinea pigs can have matted hair at any part of the body.
However some areas are more susceptible to get matted hair if not taken care of on time.
On the belly side.
My friend gave me a guinea pig about a year ago and i would like to know how to get matted hair off her.
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If your guinea pig hates baths then take a washcloth run it under quite warm water and lightly wring it out.
Our pig hair a really really sticky patch of matted hair where his tail bone is.
Also she is a 2 year old dob.
If your guinea pig develops mats in their coat gradually work out the mat by separating and combing the hair.
So does anyone have any good idea s about it.
It doesn t smell and i have no idea what it is.
Have had to cut a lot of hair away but i can t get that close to the skin.
It s from a gland that they have that omits a greasy substance sometimes used to mark.
December 16 th 2008 and she is a peruvian texel mixed pig.
The worst place for knots or matted hair is around the rear.
