Tiny Paws Cambs - Home of The Guinea Pig Groomer

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 🥰

21/04/2025

I have this photo saved as my work phone wallpaper because without these 3 little monkeys, I might still be sane 😉

I'd also be very lonely, poor, and without any purpose in life, so it's swings and roundabouts!

Who here remembers the days of these 3? Wilbur, George & Hugo. I still find it so hard to believe all 3 are no longer with us. It's even harder to realise I had to make the decision no one wants to make, for all three of them, in 3 consecutive years. George was the hardest decision to make. Wilbur broke me the most. Hugo was just far too young. 💔

In so many ways I see my current 3 boys as such a similar set of characters to those 3.

I firmly believe Hugo sent Timmy to me; they are so alike in so many ways. Equally challenging from a behavioural perspective, but ridiculously cute at the same time! Timmy is the nosiest, most cheeky and lively soul. He charms everyone instantly. The funniest thing about both Hugo and Timmy? I didn't plan on a third pig at either time. Each time two unplanned pigs came across my path. Each time I chose the one who would prove to be the biggest handful! 🤪

Woody is my current day Wilbur. He just has my heart. He's my other half, in guinea pig form (sorry Chris). We both know daily joint pain and immobility but we both also know that good pain relief gives you life, and that it's OK to just spend a day in bed or with your head in the hay bag (or crisp bag) if that's what's needed. I hope I don't start licking fleece or cage bars though like he does, but who knows what my senior years will bring 🤣

Rupert is a fascinating one, I feel like he's a much newer soul to the world. He has an old soul aura but he still has so much innocence. He's a little different to anypig I've ever had before, but still so precious. Timmy has done wonders to bring him out of his shell. Rupert is the least people-y of my boys, but he's the gentlest of gentlemen also.

Do we need to do an up to date version of this photo with the current trio of lads? 🤔

📸 2021 i-d Image Development

11/04/2025

How are we halfway through April already?! As you may be able to tell, I am not keeping up with socials 🫠

We are busier than ever, but we have found time to update the website this week and most importantly our availability calendar. There's a lot of red on it, meaning we're properly full, for a few weeks of the year ahead now, but we do still have room at the inn for a lot of dates.

My advice is definitely to book as early as you can, because spaces go fast and word has gotten round a lot this year. Lots of new faces, which is wonderful, but we do love our faithful old timers too 💜

https://www.guineapiggroomer.co.uk/holiday-boarding

(Photos are a selection of visitors from recent weeks!)

26/03/2025

Waiting for room service to finish making the bed and replenishing the biscuits... these guys know all about it 🤭

- Lionel, Lilly, Coco & Honey, March 2025

18/03/2025

Nice simple one this evening... one of a few bits of research on the areas we can help get our grooming services to more piggies.

If the lack of weekend appointments has prevented you booking with us, we'd really like to hear from you!

03/03/2025

Have you ever wondered where your piggies get taken when you hand them over to me at the door for a groom?

Wonder no more 🙃

Behold the glorious sight of a shelf full of Gorgeous Guineas products to cover every need! The paperwork so beautifully prepared...just in time for me to digitise all my reports and forms 😅

As much as I'd love a dedicated room for the ultimate experience, I have to work with what I've got, which is a kitchen large and light enough to accommodate every need, and containing a sink with mixer tap (essential). And with all the surfaces being hard, they're fully disinfectable.

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Want to book a groom/nail trim/health check with me? Home visits available as well as appointments here at TPHQ. Don't forget, members get free "Scales n Nails" - weight, health and nails - as often as needed!

Booking info can be found here:
https://www.guineapiggroomer.co.uk/grooming-request/

Membership info can be found here:
https://www.guineapiggroomer.co.uk/membership/