It’s happened…. my guineapig ate my hair! I was having some very much deserved cuddly time with Cookie and Gigi ( after Cookie had a recent abcess and dose of antibiotics cuddles are always the best medicine!). It was then that I heard this rather strange munching and being sat there like rapunzel with her hair all a flow turned to see a chunk of my hair in Gigi’s mouth!??!
Gigi don’t eat my hair!!??!?
To my dismay I began to slowly pull my hair out of Gigi’s chops to find the end had been munched off by 2 inches! The cheeky monkey knew no different and I sat in awe at the now shortened lock of hair that was attached to my head.
So this makes me ponder why do Guinea pigs eat hair?
- It must resemble hay to them? Therefore my hair is a ginger pile of yummy grass…
- They just happen to be peckish and there’s nothing else around to eat
- My guineapig felt like trying about of hair styling and decided to give me an up do!
What are your thoughts? Why do you think Guineapigs eat hair?
Katie x
Guineapig Wheekly UK Blog 
One of mine does the same thing. I have to keep my long hair tied up when having cuddles. My theory is that it must look similar to hay to him.
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Hehe same here lizzy! I always have it in a bun now with gigi I learned my lesson! It’s funny though you’d think they’d not like the taste of shampoo’d hair!
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Guinea pigs have been known to nip other piggies hair, I’m unsure exactly why but many people say it’s a dominance/conflict behaviour. So perhaps she thinks you’re a guinea pig now? 🙂
I love my hair, and so take great caution to keep them away from it!
Jane
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Hello jane! Hehehe I always dreamed of being a guineapig it seems such the high life although if it comes with a dodgy bowl cut I might reconsider hehe. Yes good idea! I always tie my hair in a bun now lesson learned! What are your piggies named 🙂 x Katie
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I have Dumbledore, Marxie and Piggy B right now. Would love more but I don’t have the space!
I blog about their adventures at ‘A Wheek in the Life’, stop by sometime, we would love to hear from you 🙂
Jane
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Oh my goodness such cute names! I’d love to check out your blog yes! Is it on WordPress to? X Katie
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Yeah it’s https://awheekinthelifeof.wordpress.com/
And thank you for saying their names are cute 🙂 A bit of a random mix, but I think they fit their personalities very well!
Jane
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I’m sure i read somewhere that when piggies eat either their own hair or their companions hair it is called barbering? Although i cant remember why they do it!
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You’re right tara! They do it because of stress boredom or habit to themselves! Who knew 😝! Katie x
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I thought my two were barbering at one point! Turns out the lovely lush green hay bale i had bought from the market was infested with mites! =( £60 vet bill and 6 weeks later the were all cleared up and i learnt my lesson.
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Wow! Crazy! It’s hard to know with hay as so many batches are pot luck 😦 we had this happen before to x Katie
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