Anyone got any tips on how to shorten nails?
Buffy is a mini rex who is prone to sore hocks, one of the reasons I agreed to rehome her because her previous owner was unable to manage this. I have had only a few problems they haven't regrown fur over the 6 months I've had her but haven't looked red or angry. Her previous owner had allowed her nails to become very long under the belief this would reduce the sore hock problem. My difficulty is the quick inside the nail has become very long so I can't actually clip them down very far. Currently I am keeping her on a deep bed of hay, and a bed of hay in the run also because I have noticed when she walks on the concrete she looks very uncomfortable as her nails are curled under so she's walking on the back of her heels. The deep hay does solve this to a point but I can see its not an ideal long term solution.
Buffy is a mini rex who is prone to sore hocks, one of the reasons I agreed to rehome her because her previous owner was unable to manage this. I have had only a few problems they haven't regrown fur over the 6 months I've had her but haven't looked red or angry. Her previous owner had allowed her nails to become very long under the belief this would reduce the sore hock problem. My difficulty is the quick inside the nail has become very long so I can't actually clip them down very far. Currently I am keeping her on a deep bed of hay, and a bed of hay in the run also because I have noticed when she walks on the concrete she looks very uncomfortable as her nails are curled under so she's walking on the back of her heels. The deep hay does solve this to a point but I can see its not an ideal long term solution.