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Bathing a Guinea Pig any tips2007-11-24 21:58:19

I have 4 guinea pigs 1 if three 1 is two 1 is one and the other is four months is it ok to bath all of them , how warm does the waker have to be , how deep and how long do you bath them for please help??

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First of all this is a very delicate task and must be done with the up most care. Take one Guinea Pig at a time and make sure that the day is warm and the AC is off in your home.(You don't want them to catch a chill or it could make them ill) Place them in a sink WITHOUT the drain blocked so that you do not allow too much water to collect in the sink. Avoid getting water into the ears and nose so that you do not drown or injure them. Use a very mild soap like the kind made for rabbits sold in pet stores. Dry them as well as you can and place them back in the cleaned cage.

Most Guinea Pigs do not need to be bathed unless they are failing to groom themselves or have lived in extremly dirty conditions for a extended amount of time. If yours are only slightly dirty then I wouldn't bathe them at this point. If they seem to be extremely dirty and the cage(s) seem to get very dirty quickly then I would say that you have them over crowded and need to either buy a bigger cage(s) or split them up into different cages for now.

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My aunt used to fill a paddling pool up by bout 8-10 inches of water, n put her guinea pigs in: they swim apparently.. this water was straight from a cold source. they loved it. have fun.

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Bathing a guinea pig is like trying to give a cat a bath. When I tried to give my guinea pigs a bath w/ room temp water.they started to run around squeeling bloody murder. By the time I was finished they hated me for about a week. I am sorry but I don't think it is the best thing to do.

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As far as I know they usually clean them self's, but I used to have to bath mine is they caught mites. We used to fill a washing up bowl or a shallow square bucket with luke warm water, where it just feels warm enough for ur hands, definitely not hot, we used to fill it about an 1 inch and a couple of millimetres, it must not reach the face. You just place the Guinea pig and have them just stand in the water, they will probably struggle. You get a bit of water and gently put it over the Guinea pigs back, but not the face. When the guinea pig's coat is wet, you can use a mild soap with a very low HP or I think you can buy special shampoo's for guinea pigs. You make laver in your hands and gently massage it in to the fur, but no the face, then gently wash it of with some water. When the soap in washed off wrap the guinea pig in an old towel and very gently dry them, never use a hair drier.

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KEEP ITS HEAD ABOVE THE WATER!