How To Get Mats Out Of Guinea Pig Hair

How to cute a long haired guinea pig s hair.

How to get mats out of guinea pig hair.

It s about as bad as it can get. I ve found it easier to keep these pigs. When the mat has been separated it is much easier to locate the skin so that you can trim as close to it as. At this point you gently separate the mat.

Regular brushing your guinea pig breed is also essential as it helps in removing knots in the hair. My friend gave me a guinea pig about a year ago and i would like to know how to get matted hair off her. The trick with de matting a guinea pig is to have a good sharp scissors with blunt tips. Put it this way if i didn t know how much my mum loved her i would be disgusted.

She has it really close to her butt and her hips are really badly injured. If matt is really close to skin what i would do it cut part of the matt off keeping your fingers between her and the scissors then you may be able to tease it gently out with your fingers or a tiny piggy comb or something like that. When you go to dry your guinea pig use a patting and stroking technique so that it doesn t tangle the fur even more. Bathe your guinea pig.

Cut into the mat as though you were cutting parallel to the hair. Please let me know and i just cut her hair so i just noticed it now. Cutting long haired guinea pigs rump hair funnychick313. However severely matted hair in guinea pigs might need to be taken cared for by a professional groomer or vet.

Do this several times for each mat. So does anyone have any good idea s about it. If your guinea pigs have only a small mat of hair then you can untangle the same by running your fingers softly or clipping the tips and running a soft bristle brush in your guinea pig s fur. December 16 th 2008 and she is a peruvian texel mixed pig.

Long haired guinea pigs usually hate to be brushed because it pulls and. Also she is a 2 year old dob. Damp fur is sometimes easier to brush out rather than dry fur. Guinea pigs aren t actually meant to have long hair it s just a trait we ve bred for the look of it regardless of the practicalities for them.

The ball of matted hair on her back bottom is probably at least an inch thick. Any other shampoos can irritate and dry out the skin making the matted fur worse. He even had bald spots where i think the matts were so bad that the hair just fell out. Make sure to have a guinea pig certified shampoo on hand.

I have long haired guniea pigs and i cut any hair that trails and comb them daily to prevent this happening and also stop their coat getting dirty and the ends. All you need is a towel cloth hair cutting devices and a brush. Find out why close. I haven t worked out how to put photo s on here yet i will get husband to try tomorrow.

Guinea pigs do shed a bit more as summer arrives to lose out excess hair from their coat.