Although hygiene is extremely important when raising a little guinea pig however it is not always wise to actual do bathing baby guinea pigs in water because being wet can cause serious health issues. There are many alternative ways for bathing baby guinea pigs than submerging them in water and can be as simple as buying a powder bath at the local vet store or just slightly dampening a cloth and wiping the guinea pig. There are a variety of tools available to keep your guinea pig looking beautiful and well groomed!

Bathing Alternatives

There are many different alternatives to bathing baby guinea pigs as was mentioned above and the most popular seems to be the powdered bath that you can purchase either at the local pet store or at your local veterinarian’s office. These are easily acquired and are quite inexpensive and very easy to use. The directions are simply to dust a thin layer over your animal and letting it sit for a couple of minutes much in the same fashion you would with a carpet cleaner that you vacuum up. It works on the same principle for bathing baby guinea pigs with the exception that you use a brush instead of a vacuum! Never use a vacuum on a guinea pig!

It can be as very easy and less bothersome for the animal itself to have a bath by the powdered means as opposed to the traditional water way also because baby guinea pigs have less of an immune system to fight off bacteria that they may inadvertently pick up from being damp from a bath and succumb to sickness much easier than adult guinea pigs. Bathing baby guinea pigs traditionally can be very distressing for the animals so for all intents and purposes, it is typically better to powder bath and brush them than to soak them in water.

If you have baby guinea pig emergency, which happens occasionally if the pet has gotten into something that absolutely requires bathing baby guinea pigs, don’t be scared to run a bit of lukewarm water about and dampen a cloth and gently scrub them. This will not only be healthier and safer for the baby guinea pig, it will also be less scary for the little fellow. Remember they are just little baby animals and are very easily frightened by things that we take for granted to exercise caution and gentleness when handling and bathing baby guinea pigs.