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My Guinea Pigs is eating the towel and our clothes.

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Question
Could you please explain me, my guinea pig is eating the towel that I use to
hold him, and even when we hold him towards our chest he is biting our
clothes, he is very young about 10 weeks old, and he didn't do that before, he
just started 2 days ago and now it seems that he is liking it, do you know
what could be the cause, and is he going to be like that?  

Answer
Hi Elisa

He is probably biting the towel because he doesnt like being held in it.

Biting your clothes is usually and indication that he needs the toilet but can also just be a sign of playfulness. If its the 2nd option he should grow out of it.

Andy