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In this video, I will explain how to take care of your guinea pigs, of what things
you must do
once a week, so they will have healthy skin and they will look great. The hygienic cares
at home.
These cares are mostly brushing, very important in guinea pigs
like this long hair one,
also cut their nails.
and also clean their ears.
For a good brushing, you must do it
with a special brush
for small mammals
like this one I have here.
I know he is screaming, I'm not hurting him, there is absolutely nothing wrong.
it is something normal, and to pull out dead hair is a very healthy procedure.
You see here all the hair that we have brushed out.
We will continue
brushing
Brushing their hair by hand also helps us
to clean them up,
because all the dirt gets stuck on to the hair, so this way,
we brush off the dirt with the hair.
It is very healthy for the hair to brush it out when its dead dirty hair, this is a
very healthy procedure, then the hair will
grow clean and strong.
Brushing has to be done following the direction of the hair,
following the way it grows.
Well, that's enough
Look,
the difference between before and after brushing. Hair is
much more fluffy and clean.
Now let's
cut the nails.
Guinea pigs don't very too long nails
but they are very sharp. So we can do two things; we can
cut them or we can file them using a normal nail file
just a little bit.
They don't like it either,
but it has to be done,
well, he must get used to this, so try to do this
at least once every week.
so then finally gt used to it and they will not squeel.
Right, nail cutting
it is quite easy because they are animals that have very white nails,
transparent and you can very well see
where the vein reaches.
Here you can see what I mean
whilst I cut it...
We have to cut off the very edge where its more white,
because all this part is where the vein is, that is why it's more pink. We must not reach
here. If we do cut him, all we will have to do is get some disinfectant water
and make pressure on the cut
with a disinfected cloth.
Once the nail cut, you can file the edges if you
want
to take off any sharp edge. Those that
hurt us when the guinea pig scratches us.
Just cut off the edge
They normally dont have them long, but yes very
sharp.
Then we will
cut off the end
and make it flat, file it slightly as I've said before with a
normal nail file.
Finally,
I will show you how to clean their ears.
There are many ear cleaners in the market. You can
use any, but make sure these are special and have ph adapted to small mammals.
Most of them come with a small applicator
that can be assembled very easily...
Perfect.
we will sprinkle
or spray
the ear...
Even if they squeel a bit, no problem.
Ear sticks,
and cleaners.
help to take off the ear wax and
prevents mites from appearing.
No animal likes having his ears cleaned, have that in mind
so
First one,
we hold him firmly.
Here a couple of sprays,
ear sticks for the ears...
Obviously one stick for each ear, so as not to make a mess
between both ears.
So, as you have seen, this is very easy
You choose a day in a week that you have time, and in five
minutes, you have the three things done. I hope you have found it
very easy to do, that you have learned a lot,
and we say goodbye, untill next time. Bye