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Please help! My guinea pig, Finley, hates getting baths, but he really smells if he doesn't get one once a month. What do I do?

Finley is about 8 months old. Every time I try to give him a bath, he jumps....no thats an understatement....try FLINGS himself out of the sink and almost always falls on the floor (yes I put a large towel in the bottom of the sink so its not slippery but that doesn't seem to help.)
Here's what I've tried:
1. Have my sister talk to him and stroke him while in the bath (he bit her twice.)
2. Fed him carrots while in bath
3. Fed him Cheerios and lettuce while in tub
4. Have a lady friend in the tub with him.
5. Have my sister bathe him while I stroke and talk to him (I ended up with a scratched up hand and a soaked shirt)
Please help me!
 giraffespots415 posted over a year ago
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fluffstar said:
put your guinea pig on the side of your kitchen sink and then either leave him or put the gripper thingy down.
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posted over a year ago 
ccgirl8045 said:
their three ways to bath them that I know that is
POWER BATH:APPLY POWER TO THE FUR AND BRUSH OUT
WASH CLATH:GET A DAMP WASH CLATH AND RUB IT OVER HIM OR HER.
OR THE WAY YOU R DOING IT
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posted over a year ago 
ronquiescabal said:
Well, I think most guineas dont like to take a bath. SO, it's normal for them to struggle when you give them a bath. My guineas do the same thing. It's pretty normal. You have to force them. It will take some time for them to get used baing given a bath.
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posted over a year ago 
cloverthegreat3 said:
instead of a sink u could use like a little pan or something and u could do it in the tub thats how i do it good luck!
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posted over a year ago 
ApolloPig said:
Turn the tap on, make sure the water is warm, and gently hold him under it, then calmly wash him. ( bath times are also good photo opportunity )
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