In one of the most hilariously bizarre parenting revelations to sweep the internet, a mother recently uncovered the surprising culprit behind her baby son’s mysteriously shrinking bangs: the family guinea pigs. A now-viral video shared by TikTokker @breezharley captures the jaw-dropping moment her boyfriend documented the furry barbers in action, nibbling away at the baby’s hair as he leaned against their cage.
The strange saga began when the couple noticed their son’s bangs gradually getting shorter over a few days. They couldn’t figure out the cause… until her boyfriend sent her the video. The guinea pigs, innocently perched in their enclosure, were caught red-handed (or pawed?) enjoying an unconventional snack.
Reddit, of course, wasted no time turning the incident into comedy gold. Comments poured in, with one user quipping, “These Gen Z guinea barbers are no match for their ancestors,” while another joked, “The Ratatouille sequel we’ve all been waiting for.” The lighthearted speculation about the guinea pigs’ hairstyling prowess even inspired one commenter to christen one “Edward Scissor Mouth.”
The original thread, titled “She finally found out who has been cutting her son’s hair,” has racked up over 84,000 upvotes and a cascade of humorous remarks. Some Redditors imagined the lifelong embarrassment this video might cause, with one user remarking, “Every time he brings a girlfriend home, his parents will ask, ‘Do you want to see how a guinea pig gave our son a haircut?’”
Others leaned into the sheer absurdity of the moment, dubbing the guinea pig “a grooming prodigy” and envisioning future two-truths-and-a-lie games featuring the declaration, “A guinea pig gave me my first haircut.”
I’m thinking that with the internet’s penchant for immortalizing such moments, this baby’s unlikely haircut saga is destined to be a story that’ll amuse friends and family for years to come.
Whether you’re team “let the guinea pigs finish the job” or firmly in the “baby needs a real barber” camp, this viral tale proves once again that the internet never gets tired of a good pet story.
