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Sarah1991
Warren Veteran
Bella tolerates it and Binky doesn't, and I need to cut them too
Good luck! :thumb:
I'm more not looking forward to the evil eyes I'm going to get afterwards, they don't trust me for the whole evening afterwards. Might have to have some parsley on had as an apology.
aaammmyyy
Mama Doe
I have to do about three claws a week to actually get anywhere :roll: :lol:I'm more not looking forward to the evil eyes I'm going to get afterwards, they don't trust me for the whole evening afterwards. Might have to have some parsley on had as an apology.
Hope they accept your parsley apology! :lol:
Sarah1991
Warren Veteran
''I'm sorry for my misdeeds, I bring gifts of parsley and basil in the hopes that you will shower me with forgiveness!'' *grovel grovel*
aaammmyyy
Mama Doe
"Im sorry that I abused the trust you gave me and clipped your claws, its for your own good!" :lol:
Sarah1991
Warren Veteran
It amazes me really that even though they really hate having their nails clipped they still don't ever try to bite me. Not even once have they ever tried *touch wood* you would think it would be the ''go to'' reaction if they really didn't like it and couldn't get away but they haven't! Poor lambs. x
aaammmyyy
Mama Doe
I think they must know that they still trust you and you aren't trying to hurt them, they just feel annoyed that you won
My first rabbit only had her claws cut once, she spent loads of time outside so they used to wear down...I have no clue why B&B's dont!
Hopefully you haven't jinxed never being bitten! :lol:
Sarah1991
Warren Veteran
I think they must know that they still trust you and you aren't trying to hurt them, they just feel annoyed that you won
My first rabbit only had her claws cut once, she spent loads of time outside so they used to wear down...I have no clue why B&B's dont!
Hopefully you haven't jinxed never being bitten! :lol:
Me too! That's all I need :lol:
I'm sure it will be alright, if not I might have to rope the OH into helping. If Finn wasn't such a grumpy git I wouldn't be as worried! He flails around like I'm trying to kill him. Then the next minute he's got his paws on my legs like ''O hai mum, pellet maybe?''
aaammmyyy
Mama Doe
Sarah1991
Warren Veteran
Well. That didn't go so well...
Milo and Finn played up and wouldn't sit still at all, I ended up having to use a blanket and wrap them up to enable me to get to their claws, I managed to cut most of them down but I couldn't get to their dew claws and Finns front claws weren't done very well. He was a nightmare, even with my OH helping me.
Maybe I'll have to go back to the drawing board :roll: it's either the vets next time or I'm going to have to get something to help them naturally file down, like a cement tile maybe? I don't know.
Milo was totally disgraced and isn't talking to me :lol: they both went back into the enclosure and got parsley as an apology, oh dear, it's all a bit of a shambles!
Milo and Finn played up and wouldn't sit still at all, I ended up having to use a blanket and wrap them up to enable me to get to their claws, I managed to cut most of them down but I couldn't get to their dew claws and Finns front claws weren't done very well. He was a nightmare, even with my OH helping me.
Maybe I'll have to go back to the drawing board :roll: it's either the vets next time or I'm going to have to get something to help them naturally file down, like a cement tile maybe? I don't know.
Milo was totally disgraced and isn't talking to me :lol: they both went back into the enclosure and got parsley as an apology, oh dear, it's all a bit of a shambles!
Sarah1991
Warren Veteran
If I can I'd prefer to do it myself as both hate the vet trip and vets in general! But if I can't do it properly it's going to have to happen I guess! Those bunnies are challenging! I'm very careful and I've never nicked the quick but you're always afraid that you will!
bizziel
Alpha Buck
I sympathise! My two need doing and tbh I've been putting it off. I know I have to do it but they are being really friendly and afterwards they will hate me for weeks! I'm thinking of trying to do a couple of claws everyday to make it less of a big thing but don't know if that will just prolong the pain? Ho hum.
dumblepaws
Mama Doe
It's a nightmare isn't it?
We've been torturing our two for a year now. It's still a two person job.
Waffles is now accepting and waits patiently for the banana at the end
DP constantly tries to squirm and lick his way out of it
And we still can't do dew claws so they're done at the vets every six months along with vaccs and rabbit awareness week health check
We've been torturing our two for a year now. It's still a two person job.
Waffles is now accepting and waits patiently for the banana at the end
DP constantly tries to squirm and lick his way out of it
And we still can't do dew claws so they're done at the vets every six months along with vaccs and rabbit awareness week health check
Sarah1991
Warren Veteran
Yeah this is what I'm going to do I think, they aren't due vaccinations until April but I figure as long as they're not causing a problem I can have them done then.
Until then I'm going to get a cement tile to put into the enclosure, hopefully walking on that will help their claws stay down.
aaammmyyy
Mama Doe
Oh dear!Well. That didn't go so well...
Milo and Finn played up and wouldn't sit still at all, I ended up having to use a blanket and wrap them up to enable me to get to their claws, I managed to cut most of them down but I couldn't get to their dew claws and Finns front claws weren't done very well. He was a nightmare, even with my OH helping me.
Maybe I'll have to go back to the drawing board :roll: it's either the vets next time or I'm going to have to get something to help them naturally file down, like a cement tile maybe? I don't know.
Milo was totally disgraced and isn't talking to me :lol: they both went back into the enclosure and got parsley as an apology, oh dear, it's all a bit of a shambles!
Bella just came out for her breakfast and I let her eat as I clipped, I got all the claws on one of her front paws done so maybe if I get her out every morning for the next 3 days to do the other 3 paws one at a time she might be a bit more tolerant! :lol:
Binky didn't want to come out, I think she knew! :lol:
bizziel
Alpha Buck
I bet she knew! They seem to have a 6th sense about these things.
