So,
I decided to bite the bullet and try nail clipping for myself. I picked the more “human friendly” of the two to try first [Leafy] - by that, I mean he isn’t quite as skittish around us and will OCASSIONALLY grace us with being allowed to give him pets. BOY was he feisty. As you know, malting is happening too, so fur everywhere! [emoji38] I won’t make the mistake of brushing afterward this time. He doesn’t mind being brushed to be fair, he seems to enjoy it based on his body language.
We decided to clip Ivy tonight too, she was mostly a dream considering she is easily spooked by human presence. We have been making strides in the last few evenings with that though!
ANYWAY. To the question. Despite her being a dream, and even though I was using the squeeze sneeze clip method, you can also see the quick easily and it looked like my clippers were a ways off it, I somehow accidentally cut into the quick of one of her nails...., I did my best to have a look but couldn’t get a good view as she was upset. I put on powder to stop the bleeding and let her go so we could both calm down. I’ll check it properly shortly but she isn’t bleeding anymore.
I feel so bad, it was the last nail and she was doing so well...
I’m just wondering if I should take her to the vet to check it or should I myself just keep a close eye on it and on her in general with a vet visit only if there is signs of infection?
In future, I’m going to use some kind of mesh so I can see their nails a bit better as although they have good nails for clipping, they have long fur around their toes...
I decided to bite the bullet and try nail clipping for myself. I picked the more “human friendly” of the two to try first [Leafy] - by that, I mean he isn’t quite as skittish around us and will OCASSIONALLY grace us with being allowed to give him pets. BOY was he feisty. As you know, malting is happening too, so fur everywhere! [emoji38] I won’t make the mistake of brushing afterward this time. He doesn’t mind being brushed to be fair, he seems to enjoy it based on his body language.
We decided to clip Ivy tonight too, she was mostly a dream considering she is easily spooked by human presence. We have been making strides in the last few evenings with that though!
ANYWAY. To the question. Despite her being a dream, and even though I was using the squeeze sneeze clip method, you can also see the quick easily and it looked like my clippers were a ways off it, I somehow accidentally cut into the quick of one of her nails...., I did my best to have a look but couldn’t get a good view as she was upset. I put on powder to stop the bleeding and let her go so we could both calm down. I’ll check it properly shortly but she isn’t bleeding anymore.
I feel so bad, it was the last nail and she was doing so well...
I’m just wondering if I should take her to the vet to check it or should I myself just keep a close eye on it and on her in general with a vet visit only if there is signs of infection?
In future, I’m going to use some kind of mesh so I can see their nails a bit better as although they have good nails for clipping, they have long fur around their toes...
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