My Guinea Pig Just Ate My Hair!
Okay, so this is extremely odd. I'm still trying to get use to the behaviors of my relatively new guinea pig. I have really long hair & just now when I had my two guinea pigs out, I didn't realize my hair was right next to Carlton. He sawwed off an inch of my hair & ate it all within a matter of seconds. I usally put my hair up when I take him out because in the past he has darted up my chest to try & get a clump of my hair. I find it bizarre the he has this fettish. One day when I was kissing his nose he started chewing on my eyebrows. If I would have let him he would have probably shaved those off too!
Anyways, my question is will eating an inch of my hair hurt him?
Anyways, my question is will eating an inch of my hair hurt him?
Barbering? Really? How come my other piggy doesn't do it? Carlton has longer hair & my other one has short. Is it just long haired piggies that do it?
- PinkRufus
- Contributor in 2020
Since all my pigs are bald, I'm the wrong person to ask! Someone else may know.
I found the link though:
https://www.guinealynx.info/forums/viewtopic.php?t=57322
I found the link though:
https://www.guinealynx.info/forums/viewtopic.php?t=57322
My bald and haired piggies do it. Just try and stop them before they can eat too much of it. It means they love you.
- linshad02
- Supporter in '13
Alice tries to barber the shirts I wear. I've learned that when she starts biting it, I take the tip of my forefinger and put it between her ears, and lightly press. It works on her. I make sure to be consistent with it. She doesn't try it as much as she used to unless she isn't ready to go in her cage yet.
Thanks PinkRufus for digging up that thread! At first I didn't think it was normal. Thanks to the other two for your two cents!
I'm suprised Carlton doesn't barber his own hair if he's doing it to me. He was so quick at trimming it off. I'll just have to make sure I put my hair up every time I'm around him so the little guy isn't tempted to give me a hair cut. Tee hee. He's so different than my other piggy. He wants to chew on & eat EVERYTHING.
Oh I just read the thread & saw that most likely my hair would probably be grinded down to nothing with the use of their molars. That's good to know so now I can stop worrying.
I'm suprised Carlton doesn't barber his own hair if he's doing it to me. He was so quick at trimming it off. I'll just have to make sure I put my hair up every time I'm around him so the little guy isn't tempted to give me a hair cut. Tee hee. He's so different than my other piggy. He wants to chew on & eat EVERYTHING.
Oh I just read the thread & saw that most likely my hair would probably be grinded down to nothing with the use of their molars. That's good to know so now I can stop worrying.
My daughter and I had our guinea pig Peppers(rip) out on the bed one day and before we knew it he had sucked down quite a bit of her hair. He had chewed it off but I was able to grasp it before he chewed it up and swallowed it. I pulled it out and was amazed how much he had in his mouth. It was green where he had just ate lettuce.
Hehe. Guinea pig's are such unique little creatures. Who knew they could be a hair dresser? Ha.