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Advise peeps please: nail cutting

J

joeyred

Warren Scout
Well, my daughter and I have decided to bite the bullet and do some nail clipping at the weekend. After watching the vet we "think" they are now settled enough for us to do their nails instead. (note to self to buy some thick gloves :lol:)

Right my question is what do we use in case of bleeding. can we use "quick stop" i.e. for dogs or is there a special rabbit one that we need to use.

Thanks and wish us luck
 
I am far too much of a wimp to do my bunnies nails,i get the vet to do it.I once did my piggies nails and one bled,i was in a right panic.
Good luck,i am sure you will do fine:D
 
there is no need for the vet to do it

view the video in this link

www.peticure.com

since then I stopped using nail clipper, because I always afraid of over cutting and causes blood. But the consequence that I face is that my bun snap her nail and her finger due to the excessive length of the nail.

In the end, I bought the above. It's not that great. For those of you in england, just buy a dremel rotary tool, preferably the digital one (they're all the same price) that can set at 5K rpm (or low).

Now, if you think it's dangerous even at 5K rpm, you can buy the protective cab (it's a plastic cap) that goes w/ the dremel from the above web site.

But all the vet hospital that I know uses the dremel, noone uses nail clipper due to the reason I mentioned above

If the nail got too long and you don't cut it, 2 bad things can happen, as they had BOTH happened to my buns:

1) the nail will snap, blood will arise at the snap point, and bacteria can get in from the opening

2) The nail can trap by some sort of hole, and snap the finger joint, then the finger is loose and look like it's broken

I use Safari By Coastal Styptic Powder to stop bleeding
 
Our vet recommended a little talc if we saw blood, this was for gerbils as there a bit trickier haha but im sure it works likewise. We've cut our rabbits nails from the word go and not had a problem, easier with too people :)
 
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