Tiny Paws Cambs - Home of The Guinea Pig Groomer

31/08/2025

End of Summer Reflections...

It's been a long summer, but also one that's flown by! How is it September tomorrow?! While the weather has been glorious, it's not ideal for guinea pigs or for Lauras, so I'm relieved we had the air-conditioning unit in the pigs room to keep them safe and comfortable.

We are coming down now from our peak of 31 piggies. Yes, it was a lot this year 🫣

Looking ahead we have good availability for most of the upcoming months and peak seasons, but please do book in as early as you can, as I don't extend my capacity into the kitchen and living room for any seasons other than Easter and summer! I don't want to give my husband any more grounds for divorce 🤣

We're full for the second week of September, so no sooner do we nearly clear out our summer cages and deep clean everything midweek, we begin it all again with the first of our autumn visitors. Luckily we're well versed in what needs to be done and in getting it done to a high standard.

My arthritis has been untreated (thus uncontrolled and unfortunately progressing rapidly) all year due to a rheumatology dept "mistake", and it's come to a head over recent months with significant mobility lost in most joints, so I'm hoping autumn will bring proper treatment - not just mediocre pain relief - and a return to more normal activities. Where I have had to cancel grooms, I can only apologise and thank you for bearing with me.

Finally, I'm looking to get our 2026 (!!) calendar designed and printed nice and early this year. If there's enough interest, I may even bring it out early as a 14-month 2025-26 calendar...? I'll need help deciding which photos will go in this time around, so look out for the link to where you can vote for your favourites, which I intend to shortlist this week 😊

16/08/2025

Gutted it was my birthday two months ago so I'll have to wait until next summer to hopefully get this card from any of my nieces and nephews! How perfect would this be 🤣

12/08/2025

My boys 💙💙💙 Woody, Rupert & Timmy

I'm biased but they are gorgeous, aren't they? 🥰

11/08/2025

Taken advantage of a few days of slightly better mobility to do something we always enjoy doing at this time of year...

Might be a few special captures already 📸💜

07/08/2025

It's been about 3 years since we switched up fully to liners, which cover 50% of the interior of all our cage setups (loose hay and newspaper making up the rest), and we haven't looked back since. Makes cage cleans so simple and efficient, suitable for all our pigs of all ages and health, and the quality is second to none.

Fleece isn't for everyone, but it works for us, and more importantly for our pigs.

Just put an order in for 6 more liners since we've expanded our capacity, and our ancient backup liners (from about 10-15 years ago, source unknown) are coming to the end of their lives.

I forgot how exciting it is to get new liners in!

Now how to break it to the husband that I've just increased the potential laundry load... 🤣

19/07/2025

The little paws get me every time! 🥰

📸 Dorothy, aka Little Dot, waiting very politely for her nightly Metacam and treat

10/07/2025

After consideration, I've made the difficult decision not to offer home visits for holiday cover for the foreseeable future, effective immediately.

Mobile grooms remain available. It is holiday cover only that is affected at this time.

The website will be updated accordingly. 🫶

01/07/2025

Just a quick check-in to let you know we are ok and we are still busy with all your piggies as well as our own!

Yesterday/Tuesday was our biannual pilgrimage to The Cat and Rabbit Care Clinic with Woody.

Despite the door to door service, complete with air conditioning not only at home and at the clinic but also for the full two hours in the car, I think Woody made himself clear in his disdain for such an outing. This is him after arriving home and not being freed from the carrier the very second we got through the door.

Words just aren't needed sometimes 🙃

17/06/2025

You know when your mum would put a sewing kit in the old Roses tins once all the chocolates were eaten...

We do things different here 😅

04/06/2025

NEW information post.

I will start by saying that, big picture, out of 700+ piggies I’ve cared for, I’ve lost maybe 10 whilst they were under my care. It’s not an everyday or even a regular occurence.

But with all the best care, veterinary attention, medication, observation, interventions and love in the world, sometimes it’s just a guinea pig’s time.

I’ve had to deal with both scenarios (natural death and euthanasia) in the last couple of months, and it occurred to me that it’s a topic none of us like to consider, but which can come up at any point for any of us.

So what happens if that time comes for any of your piggies while they are with me? I want to walk you through the processes and options.

A question that never actually gets asked, but which I cover in my boarding contract (which must be read and signed by all boarding customers), is what happens if your guinea pig falls ill or dies …

12/05/2025

If you want to book your guineas in for a groom, everything you need to do is detailed within the 2 forms on this page!

https://www.guineapiggroomer.co.uk/grooming-request

It's important we get the details of your pig(s) so that I know who is who and roughly how old they are (please tell me names and what each of them looks like at least!), if they have any particular needs...and it's essential that I receive confirmation that you have read our WOA (Welfare Over Aesthetics) Policy.

It's also important you complete the Square Appointments booking because that's the only way I know what day and time you are ideally free for the service to be carried out, and so I can confirm your appointment swiftly (or get in touch if there are any issues).

Looking forward to meeting lots of new piggies and seeing many familiar faces through the rest of this year 🥰

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All shampoos and skin conditioning melts are from Gorgeous Guineas, link in comments. For Larry here, as a rexoid breed he gets extremely dry skin - and in his case also a huge overproduction of ear and grease gland wax - so he always gets an intensive Aloe or Coconeem Melt, followed by three deeply nourishing, well-massaged-in applications of Posh n Go shampoo (chosen for the ultimate conditioning qualities, even though he's not long haired). Thankfully he's an incredibly tolerant lad and good as gold for eV his quarterly grooms!

12/05/2025

It's a new week and Spring is well and truly underway!

For us, that means starting to get piggies on the grass for photos 📸

Howard and Oakley were the first two to have the honour this year. Taken at their own home, as I spent a lovely 2 hours catching up with their mum 🥰