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Trying to cut Montys nails but he keeps climbing onto my shoulders and having a tantrum when I try to pick him up off the back of my neck. Normally this is cute but I'm tired and need to trim those talons before he travels tomorrow! Argh
 
Have to have 3 people to cut archies; I hold him, daddy feeds him food to distract him, and mama clips his nails.
Is there nobody you can rope into helping you?
 
Try, if you can, to feed him some of his favourite veggies at the cage bars. Lift them up a bit so he puts his paws on the bars and you can snip his nails while he munches?
 
It can be such a nightmare sometimes but i have tried flutterbys method of cotting them through the bars and it's much easier! They barely notice what i'm up to. :D and the front ones are usually the ones they kick up a fuss for.
 
Jennifer D said:
Have you tried wrapping him in a towel with the required limbs to be cut outside of the towel? I have to do that with my rabbit lol
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Good tip! I'm going to try that with some bumstyling I have to look forward to today!
 
I hate it as well. When we do ours we have to do Edward last because he screams that much (we have never once hurt him ) He sends Mrs Simpson and Cousin Ameliea into panic mode.
 
Thanks for all the advice! He is a little for who conventional methods don't work so well though. My usual method is to hold him upright against me facing away so hes stood on his back feet and he lets me do the front feet a bit easier then. Trouble is hes clearly part squirrel and sometimes twists around to climb onto my shoulders!
 
I'm always amazed at how fast, agile and strong a little piggy is when they're determined to get away! I had my pigs at the vets the other week and Twix wouldn't let the vet near her. She kept running back to me so the vet asked me to stand back from the table and she leapt over a foot of the table and into my arms! :O so glad i caught her! The dafty! lol
 
I'm a new piggy owner and I hate the nail cutting. Galaxy is fine but nibbles hates it! I caught him the other day and he bled, I felt terrible and I'm too scared to try again. These were only the back nails! X
 
oh dear poor piggy! But don't feel bad it was an accident and it's unlikely to happen again. Blacks nails are a nightmare though! I just nibble away really slowly and apply a teensy bit of pressure before cutting. Twix will let me know when they're short enough! And the more you do it the more you know the length it should be! :) hope you get on okay next time! :)
 
I agree, black nails are terrible. One of mine started off with one black nail on her back foot, and that was ok to cope with as it was just one. But the rest have gone from pink to black as she got bigger! So now one foot is all black nails and the rest are pink. I have no idea where the quick is in the black ones!
 
Mine like to wriggle when I need to cut their nails. Now my sister comes round whenever I need to do them and I hold them and she cuts. On my own it would be nearly impossible!
 
I'm glad you managed in the end.

It's much easier to cut nails with an assistant. Perhaps a local member could help in future ?
 
I tried and failed to cut Hop's nails! She was so wriggling didn't even get the clipper near her nail. Ended up giving up
 
Yeah i can never do the girls nails without help. I get my boyfriend to hold them. He's not that helpful though he chickens out and thinks their gonna bite him. To be fair though they've never bitten anyone. They'll nibble if their not impressed but they're good girls! :) I miss my boys though they just lay on their backs and lst you cut away! Took 2 seconds to do :) now its near an hour for the 2 of them! :/
 
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I'm glad you managed in the end.

It's much easier to cut nails with an assistant. Perhaps a local member could help in future ?
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Hehe, I'm so used to it by now that he always gets them done! He was just being an extra pain late at night when I needed to get them done. He has one foot with black nails too but got them done as well :D
 
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