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poor Tia - nail cutting!

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When Angie got Tia a few months ago, she was a case of neglect - they'd never cut her nails and she couldn't walk properly :shock:

So they're still a bit on the long side now - and I was going to take her to the vets but decided it would be an ongoing thing, and not worth stressing her over...But how do you pick up a rabbit? No-one ever showed me :shock:

Anyway - I grabbed her somehow and boy did she put up a fight, poor girly - so much for building up trust :roll: Thank goodness she's a tiny nethie!

Her nails look fine now, although I didn't want to cut too much off, but I was horrified to find that one of them was so loose it just snapped off at the root - eek, blood all over!

I guess this is because they got weak in her original home? - Will it grow back or is it gone for good now? Poor babe has recovered enough to eat some SS and pee on the carpet in defiance - I think she'll live, but she won't come near me again for a while - Especially as I'm doing it again next Sunday till they are short :(
 
Aww, nail clipping is a little tramatic (for owner as well as bunny) but it does get easier with practice :)

Yes, I imagine having over grown nails probably put pressure in the nail beds and that's why it broke so easily. It will grow back though :)

There are some instructions are phtos here on how to pick up: http://www.rabbitrehome.org.uk/care/handling.asp

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One hand under the chest and the other hand under the bum.

If a bun has objections to being picked up then trying it can result it a sort of rolled up kicking bunny. If that's the case you might find it easier to drop a towel over her head first then bundle her up tight in that before lifting her. Or just poke her bum into a cat carrier and lift her in that to whereever your clipping.

Tam
 
thanks Tam - 'rolled up kicking bunny' is a good description of what Tia was :shock:

I sat on the floor outside her crate, so at least it was over quickly and I didn't have to carry her - I guess I'm a bit nervous since Tia bit me a few weeks ago...I wore a gardening glove on my left hand to hold her, and a very thick fleece - didn't want a bite on my chest :oops:
 
the nail should grow back. Last august daisy (charliesangel's daisy) snapped off a nail and it is just now starting to grow back. As long as she isn't bleeding she will be fine.
 
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Oh Edana poor Tia ...and you! One bun I had in a while ago, Merlin, had nails so overgrown they came away fromt he roots :( Will have to ask his new owner...Animusak AKA Katie...if they've grown back...
 
thanks for the info - she seems fine now - not bleeding and I gave her a clean litter tray so hopefully it won't get infected - She's been sat on the carpet all day anyway...I think she's forgiven me now I've given her some carrot :)
 
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