ok brought snowy and dora into the house which they are used to and sat the normally affectionate and licky(in fact until today iv never been bitten by her) snowy onto my lap on the sofa. i then tried to hold her gently and hold her paw and clip her claws which are edging on long now and could really do with being done. she is a white bunny so i felt confident in not cutting the quick....except that she decided to wriggle the more firmly i held the more she wriggled until she eventually nipped me (didnt draw blood) then hopped off the sofa to see dora. well ok then i thought give her 10mins and try again.... so ten mins later tried again she wriggled and nipped me again she decided she wasnt haveing any of it.....soo is there any way to keep her calm and do this without getting her stressed or should i just get a vet to do it? dora will sit still when you hold her but i wanted to try snowy first as dora has black nails so its harder to see the blood supply.
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treid to clip claws help am i doing it right?
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louise and Gus
Wise Old Thumper
I have to either put mine on their back to clip their nails or get OH to hold them against his chest while I do it, no way they would let me otherwise.
If you are too worried ask your vet nurse, mine will do them for free.
If you are too worried ask your vet nurse, mine will do them for free.
You're not alone! I'm happy to syringe feed and am even willing to do an injection if the vet shows me how, but there's just something about nail cutting:shock: I can do it but tend to get leanne to do it for me or ask the vet to do it during a check-up. When I have to do it myself I stand at a table with the bunster facing away from me and tip her back so that her back feet are off the table and do the front feet. For the back ones I get rog to hold the rabbit in that position while I do the clipping. Floss and Bournville have black nail so I just take the very points off becasue I misjudged it once and Bournville bled like a stuck pig! Mind you, Kevin(vet) did Floss's the last time and took one too short and made her bleed..it happens
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Just cut them back so that they aren't poking out of the fur on their feet. Poppy is really difficult , it often takes a few attempts to pin her down and clip them all, even checking them is made difficult when it comes to her, little madam. I usually pin them down whilst kneeling and push their shoulders down gently, if they struggle I let them go and then try again in 5 or 10 minutes or the following day if they are being particularly stubborn.
