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guinea pig mites - bathing
my guinea pig has been diagnosed with mites. he's taking the oral medication, and we bought a special shampoo for him. i bathed him today, and he felt a lot better.
i've read online that guinea pigs don't like baths or water. so how often should i bathe him considering it helps relieve the itching from the mites? i'll only bathe him for the next couple weeks until the medication ends.
does every other day, or every three days sound reasonable (for the next two weeks)? what are your opinions?
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iv had three of those cute little bundles of joy and i bathed mine. the reasons i read they dont like it is because of their smell. so in my opinion... if he has mites... i think he is going to be very irriated with them.. so i would bathe him every two days unless he is chewing himself to bits. after they are gone i would consider doing it 1-2 a year.
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I have a guinea pig to and i have a book that says that they dont mind to be bathed and that yes if they have mites its a good thing to get rid of bathe them on a warm day and if you have two and they are sharing a cage DO NOT put it back with the other guinea pig becuase when you bathe them they lose there scent and they other one be not recognise it.
Hope things run smooth.
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