She Thought Someone Had Cut Her Son’s Hair Without Her Knowing, But Then She Found Out That Their Guinea Pigs Were To Blame
One woman recently had a freakout moment when she noticed that it looked like someone had been cutting her young son’s hair without her knowledge. What if I told you that the hair-cutting culprits were guinea pigs?
Breez Harley (@breezharley), a mom and TikTok creator, recently went viral after showing viewers what her pet guinea pigs have been doing to her son’s hair.
“So my baby has long hair, and he’s a boy,” Breez told her viewers. “I’ve been noticing his bangs look like someone cut them.”
Her son’s hair was beginning to resemble a mullet as he would walk up to her with the choppiest, most uneven bangs.
Over time, they kept getting shorter and shorter. Since Breez had never seen her son cutting his hair, she had no idea what was happening.
“Then, my boyfriend sends me this video while I’m at work,” said Breez.
Breez then cuts to her boyfriend’s video, which shows her son walking right up to their pet guinea pig’s enclosure. Breez and her family own two guinea pigs who get excited when her son walks up to their cage.
When her son walks up to the cage, he is at eye level with the guinea pigs themselves, who can’t resist taking little bites of hair from his bangs as soon as his head pops up.
Yup, the mystery hairstylists are the family guinea pigs.
Oleg Batrak – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual guinea pigs
Breez’s son appears to enjoy it when the guinea pigs begin chewing on his hair and even purposefully leans his head against the cage for them.
“Get your head away from there,” her boyfriend tells her son in the video. “You’re gonna be bald!”
As strange as it sounds, seeing guinea pigs eat hair is totally normal and a common behavior amongst the furry pets.
Guinea pigs often exhibit a social behavior called ‘barbering,’ where they chew or eat chunks of hair off another guinea pig, themself, or their owner.
According to Squeaks Scales & Tails, a guinea pig typically eats their owner’s hair for several reasons, the main three being if there’s a lack of fiber in their diet, as a way to socialize with their owner, or simply out of boredom.
Because guinea pigs can’t form hairballs in their stomachs, there isn’t really any threat to them chewing hair.
So although what Breez’s guinea pigs do to her son is normal, they may want to encourage him to keep his head away from the cage for appearance’s sake!
@breezharley Anyone need a hair cut? #guineapigs #haircut #baby #dayinthelife
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