screaming blue murder

[Pepperdog]

yep fudge was having her claws trimmed rolleyes

I dont like them to have long claws, especially flash who scratches me when I handle him, silly boy. So as they had obliged me with going in the cat box while I cleaned them out (so much quicker with them out the pen), I thought it was a good opportunity for me to trim the claws - just taking the tips off for them.

She screamed so much the dog came in to see if she needed to "hold" her for me (well as far as the gate on the doorway). I had to wrap her in a towel just so I could do her back feet, front ones are always short enough. Finished the torture and gave her a cuddle after, she wanted to go so I wouldnt let her till she had calmed down, off she went no worse for her torture.

Towel worked well for crystal who gets a bit funny with me doing one of her feet, she was chatting away to me afterwards for her cuddle and minty was her usual laid back not bothered self as she enjoys cuddles. Flash huffed and puffed in the towel, bit of fidgeting but got his done quickly enough and he sat happily on my lap even when he was allowed to go off back in the pen - I think despite his protests he actually enjoys a cuddle, just not being caught.

 

[piggyfan]

Oh my girls are like this. Peronel will scream the whole time even when I am not even touching her feet!

 

[Amanda1801]

How do you go about claw clipping? None of mine bat an eyelid, I'm not sure if it's my method, that I'm confident in using the clippers, or just that they're all stupidly laid back (any is possible!)

I sit them somewhere they're comfortable - The boys like to sit on my lap, Cameo is better on a table as otherwise she wanders around (her latest trick is shoving her head in your neck - so cute but no good for nail clips!).

When they're sat still (I don't have to use food but you could if necessary) I just lift each one of their feet up and rest it on my finger, with their nails off the edge, and clip the nails on that foot. Their foot is only the width of my finger off the ground doing it this way, and they're not being physically restrained. Sometimes minimal restraint is better, as long as they're safe. I only do Cameo on a table as I know she won't move. We have 56 pedicured little toes in no time!

 

[gogoguineas]

ahhh 2 out of my 4 are a nightmare! Fuzzy is the biggest beast ever and as soon as touch his feet he kicks off! I'll have his paw and the clipper in prime position and at the last second he yanks his paw away! grrrr

Flinn squeals the whole time too. And these are the oldest two! rolleyes
Last night I needed to do Tylers, now he's quite relaxed in his cage and when handled but catching him is a nightmare. He's just turned 6 months and hasn't needed his claws clipping until now so I was prepared to get scratched to pieces and basically lose the battle. But he sat still! :orolleyes@)

 

[BellasMummy]

My 2 girls are the same. They are usually ok when I do the back ones but when it comes to the front they will bite my fingers and squirm away from me. I think its because its so close to their face and they can see what I'm doing. Clipping nails is one of the worst things about having pigs, I so wish I didn't have to put my pigs and me through it.

 

[Shaz]

I used to have a sow called Poppy that pretended you were stabbing when you either brushed her (she was long haired) or cut her nails, she would also try and bite, you always wore jeans when doing either of the tasks

I trimmed the sharp tips off my boys nails for the first time last week, Alfie who is pretty laid back was very well behaved...Henry on the other hand shouted as every tip was chopped off

I've found with other pigs I have had that they get better at letting you do it as long as you appease them afterwards

 

[woo]

I have not been brave enough to do my girls, I take them to the vet and they don't struggle at all pow-pow. I know it's an extra expense and it cost's me around £17 for both of them but I also get to have a free chat if i have any worries about them

 

[AndreaJane]

Rocket doesn't like it but won't put up a struggle, same goes for Wallace and Yoshi, bless 'them, well behaved boys. Moonpig is fairly ambivalent : I can trim her back legs without risking life and limb but never manage to get all of the front ones done without wearing protective gear, namely a particularly posh and pricey pair of gardening gloves - they're suede and the only ones I could find that were thick enough to protect me from her teeth but supple enough to allow movement during a fiddly job! :{

 

[Sonia]

I have not been brave enough to do my girls, I take them to the vet and they don't struggle at all pow-pow. I know it's an extra expense and it cost's me around £17 for both of them but I also get to have a free chat if i have any worries about them

£17

 

[Pepperdog]

How do you go about claw clipping? None of mine bat an eyelid, I'm not sure if it's my method, that I'm confident in using the clippers, or just that they're all stupidly laid back (any is possible!)

I sit them somewhere they're comfortable - The boys like to sit on my lap, Cameo is better on a table as otherwise she wanders around (her latest trick is shoving her head in your neck - so cute but no good for nail clips!).

When they're sat still (I don't have to use food but you could if necessary) I just lift each one of their feet up and rest it on my finger, with their nails off the edge, and clip the nails on that foot. Their foot is only the width of my finger off the ground doing it this way, and they're not being physically restrained. Sometimes minimal restraint is better, as long as they're safe. I only do Cameo on a table as I know she won't move. We have 56 pedicured little toes in no time!

It wasnt the claw clipping that set her off, she had got herself into a tizz from being held, she wanted to get back into her pen (I cant sit somewhere else as the dog will get excited). I have done this many times outside sat on my garden bench and she fidgets then, hence her nickname, fudge the fidget but she isnt normally that vocal.

I normally hold them where they are comfortable either on my lap or chest and then hold one foot inbetween finger and thumb, then clip when they are still. Yesterday she wanted to be off and wouldnt sit anywhere, then because I wouldnt let her go she got really stroppy and started to scream nd make a fuss - I even heard the others still in the box cuddle up together worried what was going on rolleyes told her to pack it in as she was scaring the others and managed to wrap her front end up in a towel then calmed her down. She still fidgeted through the nail trim but without the noise as much. I will have to keep catching her again each day as I wont have her making a fuss like this again over nothing.

I only used the towel on the others as I thought I would try it and see if they liked being wrapped up more than just sat on my lap, crystal did like it a bot more and she is a little less happy normally about being held and touched, she tolerates it but she would rather take food from me than sit on my lap for a cuddle. Crystal once had a hissy fit on me when I carried her from the run to her hutch, she hasnt done it since, think she was hormonal that day as she is quite laid back normally.

 

[Guinea Slave]

How do you go about claw clipping? None of mine bat an eyelid, I'm not sure if it's my method, that I'm confident in using the clippers, or just that they're all stupidly laid back (any is possible!)

I sit them somewhere they're comfortable - The boys like to sit on my lap, Cameo is better on a table as otherwise she wanders around (her latest trick is shoving her head in your neck - so cute but no good for nail clips!).

When they're sat still (I don't have to use food but you could if necessary) I just lift each one of their feet up and rest it on my finger, with their nails off the edge, and clip the nails on that foot. Their foot is only the width of my finger off the ground doing it this way, and they're not being physically restrained. Sometimes minimal restraint is better, as long as they're safe. I only do Cameo on a table as I know she won't move. We have 56 pedicured little toes in no time!

I like this. I have one who screams the place down but provide some cucumber and all is well! I let my husband do them as I HATE it....my only foray into clipping resulted in a clipped vein and loads of blood and now I point blank refuse to do it.

My husband does them on a 'platform' i have in the shed which is quite high and they are much easier to get to that way but my boar scrunches up his front toes to make it more difficult. I do completely agree with the above though particularly minimal restraint. Will try to do this (well get my husband to..I won't !).

Thanks

 

[Pepperdog]

normally they just stick their head under my arm while I use my hand to hold the foot and the other hand to trim, I dont pin them or hold them down but she can be a right little madam and gets stroppy when I need to do something to them, think its because she was the youngest and decided to hate being held despite everyone else not being too bothered.

Yet she has no excuse really, poor flash man wasnt handled by his previous home during his younger months and he was and still is skittish but much better now, he will happily lie on my lap without me touching him, minty fudges mother likes to snuggle into my chin and crystal will settle down between my arm and my body and chat to me, she who has been handled from day one and as much as her mum and auntie really wants to be off and doing other things. She isnt scared of me as she will come over to me when I am cleaning out the pen, she will take food and I talk to her with her looking at me. She is just a madam.

 

[Posiesparkles]

I have posted a thread before about Misty the mischief - she bites - usually my OH. She is due to have her nails clipped at weekend so long sleeved top at the ready!
Rogue (RIP) hated it soo much she never let me hold her sideways when I picked her up - she always snuggled vertically with her head in my neck and hair. It was to stop the pesky man (my OH!) clipping her nails! Broke my heart when she even came up like that for a cuddle when she was really ill, on my last cuddle with her before she was pts.

Sorry, bit TMI there about Rogue! Storm used to hide her paws and scrunch them like Guinea Slave is talking about. I will only claw clip when there are 4 hands about! x

 

[MerryPip]

I put my little squigglers into a big, really loose weave walking sock so they are cosy, calm and in the dark and their claws stick through the weave for easy trimming. Once htey are in there they just chill out, the problem is extracting them again....

Merry is an old hand and is happy to let me do it while he is sat on my knee but the other 3 squiggle so much the sock idea works best. Might need to get some bigger socks though as they are getting bigger rapidly!

 

[Amanda1801]

I like this. I have one who screams the place down but provide some cucumber and all is well! I let my husband do them as I HATE it....my only foray into clipping resulted in a clipped vein and loads of blood and now I point blank refuse to do it.

My husband does them on a 'platform' i have in the shed which is quite high and they are much easier to get to that way but my boar scrunches up his front toes to make it more difficult. I do completely agree with the above though particularly minimal restraint. Will try to do this (well get my husband to..I won't !).

Thanks

I find that by putting their foot on my finger their toes naturally "grip on" and it's simple!

 

[Pepperdog]

I find that by putting their foot on my finger their toes naturally "grip on" and it's simple!

I do that too, but they are not always as co-operative so I just go with how they want to give me their toes, yesterday it was soul upwards which meant I could snip quickly.

They are easier than my dog I have to say

 

[rob7]

what clippers do you use for them

 

[Amanda1801]

I do that too, but they are not always as co-operative so I just go with how they want to give me their toes, yesterday it was soul upwards which meant I could snip quickly.

They are easier than my dog I have to say

My dog is a nightmare, he hates his feet being touched! I actually find it easier to use the smaller piggy clippers on him rather than my dog clippers, as I have more control and can do it quicker and with less faffing about which stresses him out. I imagine Pepper, like my Paddy has black nails too grrrr

what clippers do you use for them

I use these ones

 

[Wiiiiieek!]

Most of mine don't really care about the clipping, they'd just rather be sniffing and scurrying all over us than being held so we can get to their paws.

But Cinnamon! What a little drama-pig! She screams and screams! I've never once caught a vein and this can be when I'm not even touching her with the clippers yet, she starts when I take one of her paws. When I say "I'm not even touching you yet" she stops... until I do, of course.

After, I put her down on my leg and she starts running around and being cheeky again so I doubt I hurt her when I do it, she just doesn't like it.

I try to do hers as little as possible as she hates it so much but it does need doing sometimes! Like Wiiiiieek with is bath - we get told off then too 8...

 

[Pepperdog]

My dog is a nightmare, he hates his feet being touched! I actually find it easier to use the smaller piggy clippers on him rather than my dog clippers, as I have more control and can do it quicker and with less faffing about which stresses him out. I imagine Pepper, like my Paddy has black nails too grrrr



I use these ones

Yes she has black nails and really long quicks added together with a bit of an issue with her letting me touch her feet. Because she was badly treated in the past she can retaliate (although she is bar far much better than I first had her) with teeth. I had to get my friend to trim them last night while I held her (muzzled just incase) as they had got too long and she got very stressed out by me doing it on my own last time. I have never caught her quick and never hurt her but she has trust issues sometimes, its not her fault. Now they are a little shorter I can use the rotary file that she tolerates more than the clippers to keep them shorter for her.

I use the same clippers for the piggles, peppers clippers are a much bigger version, as one claw is the size of the pigs feet :o so wouldnt use the dog clippers on them, their clippers wouldnt work on peppers claws. I much prefer that type of clipper for claws.

 

[Wiebke]

Hywel is my total drama queen when it comes to nail clipping - my ibggest bully boy carries on like he is a pig being slaughtered... rolleyesrolleyesrolleyes

 

[Amanda1801]

Yes she has black nails and really long quicks added together with a bit of an issue with her letting me touch her feet. Because she was badly treated in the past she can retaliate (although she is bar far much better than I first had her) with teeth. I had to get my friend to trim them last night while I held her (muzzled just incase) as they had got too long and she got very stressed out by me doing it on my own last time. I have never caught her quick and never hurt her but she has trust issues sometimes, its not her fault. Now they are a little shorter I can use the rotary file that she tolerates more than the clippers to keep them shorter for her.

I use the same clippers for the piggles, peppers clippers are a much bigger version, as one claw is the size of the pigs feet :o so wouldnt use the dog clippers on them, their clippers wouldnt work on peppers claws. I much prefer that type of clipper for claws.

Do I recall correctly that Pepper is a lurcher? Whippets and greyhounds always have really long nails in my experience! They seem to grow almost as fast as they can run!

My Paddy is a Jack russell, so that's probably why I can get away with using the small animal clippers on his nails. He's stupidly small but has a big bitey face at nail clipping time!

 

[Pepperdog]

You are correct she is indeed a lanky lurcher, and I sometimes wonder if her claws grow long as soon as I cut them, even my friend (who keeps nagging to keep them short) was surprised at the length of her quicks - she might stop nagging me now she knows.

Fudge hasnt forgiven me yet for her manhandling escapade rolleyes, I left her alone yesterday but will be catching her today and tomorrow armed with cucumber bribes.