Hi everyone.
We have two guinea pigs at home that are about 18 months old.
We clearly haven't been looking after their feet well enough at all. Their nails are very long and I think both piggies front feet are suffering from bumblefoot.
I'm going to ring a vet first thing in the morning...
Hello, I'm a new guinea pig owner and I bought year-old guinea pigs off Kijiji. When I got them, they were not given any hay and their nails were very long. I have tried to clip them but the quick of the nails has grown so much that one of my boy's nails bled once I cut it (he has black nails...
hey wondering if anyone could give me some advice.
one of my piggies is all brown including his nails which makes it very hard to see the quick of his nails and he very much hates having his nails cut. As a result he wriggles which makes it that much harder.
as a result he often goes a while...
I'm a bit nervous about clipping my piggies claws! I've had guinea pigs before and so have all my older sisters but because I was so young they all used to clip them, my piggies are 7 weeks old now, when and how should I clip them? advice? x
Does anyone have any tips of advice for clipping front feet?
I find them really tricky with my wriggly pigs and they get stressed and we (I) get stressed and BB drew blood today :-( major ouch. Back feet are a breeze, helped along by the fact that they are so far away from the teeth!
I feel...
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