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clipping bunny claws

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fenchurch

Warren Scout
I'm confused. How often do I need to clip my bunnies' claws? They seemed quite long [I've just trimmed them] but my vet saw one of my bunnies [pre-trim] and I asked her to check his claws and she didn't say they need trimming. She's fairly rabbit savvy.

I've heard 'when they click on tiles', 'occaisonally' :roll: , 10-14 days :shock: , 4-6 weeks.

help!

my bunnies live indoors and the hardest thing they walk on is tiles. Neither of them dig.

I want to trim them as infrequently as possible as my doe is timid and gets very upset.
 
I tend to clip them when they are longer than the fur on their paws. I am not sure how often, because I don't really take note, I just do it when I see I need to... perhaps every 6 weeks or couple of months? (Indoor bunnies).

Vera
 
It's not how long the claws are, but how close the quick (blood vessle) is to the end. If it's quite near the end and they look too long, you'll need to snip a tiny bit off frequently to get the quick to receed. If the quick is quite far back, you can take more off less often.
Hope that helps?
 
raven_guest said:
It's not how long the claws are, but how close the quick (blood vessle) is to the end. If it's quite near the end and they look too long, you'll need to snip a tiny bit off frequently to get the quick to receed. If the quick is quite far back, you can take more off less often.
Hope that helps?
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If you can see the quick... that works with white or light coloured nails, but not black ones! :wink:
 
Earnest has white claws, Audrey black. And of course Audrey is the nervous one!

I'll get a torch and have a look. Luckily shes not squirmy, she sort of freezes with fear :( I hate to think what happened to her before she ended up at the animal shelter. I know she came in with twelve other bunnies who all had to be put down. :( :(
 
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