Is human shampoo safe for guinea pigs?

I just adopted a New guinea pig and i wanted to know if human shampoo is safe for guinea pigs or if they will somehow react to themIs human shampoo safe for guinea pigs?
Yes, mild shampoo, like baby shampoo or simple Suave shampoo without a lot of additives is ok. Just keep baths to a miniumum, no more than one time in a month or two.





Guinea pigs actually are quite clean, and smell like new mown hay, as long as they are kept in clean pine pellets or on the lawn in nice large pens. They don't really need baths, but like a cat, will groom themselves. They do need monthly treatment with ivermectin to keep lice or mites away.





I have about 35 fancy Guinea Pigs. My grandson and I started raising them because the pet stores in a 50 mile radius had very few, and poor colors and quality . So we figured we'd help bring quality TSW Americans, Cresteds, Silkies, and Peruvians back to California.


Guinea pigs are great pets, and very vocal and interactive once they see you as the bringer of treats. Much more fun as pets than hamsters. Great little gentle animals. They don't bite, they don't climb, they don't dig, and the coo, giggle, and squeek to comunicate with their people. I have 12 grandchildren and they're great kids pets. Kids love to feed them. You can email me from my profile.Is human shampoo safe for guinea pigs?
no, it's not safe. It will dry their skin about because their skin is very delicate. You can buy dog or cat shampoo, thats what I use.


Just another tip, don't bathe them to much, only about once a month or their skin will dry out and it will irritate them alot,


hope I helped ;)
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Don't use human shampoo, use rodent shampoo you can get from petshops.
No its not safe, my friend did that and it killed his guinea pig. They make bunny shampoo that is for small critters that works great, its sold at petco/ petsmart walmart
No way is human shampoo suitable, you need to get a very gentle pH shampoo from a pet store
Proabably will dry out their skin or irritate it but I used to wash my dogs with Vo5 so..