Spaghett's bath time adventures

Описание: Spaghett the guinea pig had extensive bath time adventures! But his little bathing compilation turned into a tutorial on how to bathe a difficult guinea pig due to his special situation...

We've noticed some thin fur and dandruff on Spaghett's back that we thought may have been due to mange mites. But we treated him for mites without much change, so our suspicion turned to some kind of fungal skin infection. So this bath time we treated Spaghett with the ringworm treatment protocol of Saskia from Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue, available here:
https://www.laguineapigrescue.com/rin...

This calls for 3 baths, which seemed like it would be quite a challenge. Spaghett was extremely feisty and uncooperative. It was hard just to get his feet in the water. We improvised a two-person bath technique which worked well. We weren't able to get a tripod set up to film this in the moment, but some day we'll reenact it.

The following week we got a pleasant surprise when Spaghett was much more calm and could be bathed normally. It seemed like some of his unruliness was due to skin irritation which had improved.

We completed all his baths a few weeks ago and then waited to make this video so we could see the results. We can now say that his back fur is thicker and he grooms that area less. So we think the bath time adventures were a success!

0:00 Grabbing Spaghett
0:31 Bath 1
1:39 Bath 2
2:26 Bath 3
3:59 Drying
4:35 Going home
5:14 Bonus tip!

HOW TO BATHE GUINEA PIGS

0. Use a sink strainer so you don't clog your sink with fur.
1. Fill up a tray in the sink with warm water (a comfortable bath temperature).
2. Add a generous amount of Davis miconazole pet shampoo or dollar store anti dandruff shampoo.
3. Add a pig and scrub thoroughly by hand. Use a toothbrush for extra scrubbing if needed. Focus on the parts they can't reach very well themselves. Be careful to not get soap in their eyes or water in their nose.
4. Repeat with clean water for a rinse cycle.
5. Towel dry the pig.
6. Blow dry the pig on low until fluffy. Make sure the air is not too hot for your hand. They must be dry before going back in the cage or they will get cold.
7. Take your pig home and watch everyone check out their fresh clean scent!


WHAT’S PIGS?

We publish daily highlights of the adorable antics of our guinea pig herd. Subscribe to see what they do tomorrow!

In June 2019 we adopted five pigs from Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue. They are cute herbivorous small pets with funny social interactions. We film all their behaviors, from happy guinea pig noises to eating sounds, playing with their food to sleeping with their eyes open, and occasional fighting. So far they have been most popular for their loud wheeking and rumblestrutting, adorable spa day and bath time, fleece bedding cage makeover, funny naps, and their ridiculous guinea pig fights!

Our videos generally have no talking so they're great in any language, whether you search for guinea pigs as cobayos, conejillos de indias, cochons d'Inde, meerschweinchen, morče, marsvin, cavia, marsu, tengerimalac, marmot, porcellino d'India, cobaia, gine domuzu, chuột bạch, świnka morska, морская свинка, خوکچه هندی ,خنزير غينيا, 豚鼠, モルモット, 기니피그, or หนูตะเภา!

MEET THE PIG FAMILY

Spaghett is the boar of the herd. The rest are females, but he’s a neutered male so they won’t be breeding. Sorry, no pregnant or baby guinea pigs! Spaghett has orange-brown ginger fur with a white crest on his head and cute red eyes. He goes on funny romps with popcorning and zoomies. He does hilarious rumblestrutting while purring.

Acorn is youngest. She has white, black, and gold fur with a cute mousy face. She’s inquisitive and talks to herself while exploring. Little Acorn’s special talent is jumping on houses for rooftop adventures.

Butternut appears confused or deep in thought. She has white and gold fur. Her hobbies include sleeping and yawning. She continues wheeking, squeaking, and squealing at us after we have given her food.

Pumpkin has black fur except for white back toes. She looks like a cow, a non-guinea pig, and a rabbit. She has noisy standoffs with feisty little Acorn.

Zucchin is oldest and grumpiest. She has white and gray fur. At first Zucchin fought with Spaghett. Now they get along, but Zucchin is still a grouch. But she looks like a cute rat!

THEIR HOME

The pigs live in a custom 4 by 6 foot cage made by merging 3 Midwest Guinea Habitat cages. The bedding is IKEA TOFTBO bath mats. This is the best guinea pig bedding we have found so far!

THEIR DIET

Their favorite hay is Oxbow timothy hay. We get 50 pound boxes from Chewy. They also enjoy hay from Small Pet Select, KMS Hayloft, and Standlee. They gobble up Sherwood Pet Health guinea pig pellets. They eat nearly any vegetable.