nails

Hey! I was at my friends house yesterday and she got a guinea pig a few days ago, and she was painting his nails with O.P.I nail polish. I told her it was a bad idea, but she didn't listen. She's had around 4 piggies before, so I wanted to ask the question if this is actually safe or not. For...

Hi all! This is my first post here. So I just had my guinea pigs boarded when I went away and they did a courtesy nail trim, and cut Daisy's nail too short- down to the toe :( (which I understand happens as I've done it myself) I took her back to get checked out and the vet told me to just...

Hi everybody. Starting off, I'm really sorry if this isn't in the right forums, I literally joined a few seconds ago but I really need some advice. I'm watching my neighbors dog/guinea pig, and the dogs fine but I'm a bit concerned about the guinea pig. They barely clean out its cage and so the...

What age should you start trimming nails? I don't want them to grow too much as half of them (out of three pigs) are black and long quicks are a pain in the bum! My girls are about 6 months old and still have needley baby claws, apart from one claw on one pig which is a bit thicker and looks...

So I trimm my girls nails frequently, or when I think they need a little trim. But over the last year or so I've noticed with Amber my older pig (5) her nails are really starting to curl... Now originally I thought "oh I must have left them to long" but it isn't, I've just cut her nails again...

Our original duo (named by my daughter) Ethel-Seal The Poo Banana Peppa Pea Pirate Soup The 3/2/2016 rescues (freead piggies - went for two young sows came back with four mature sows, all in bad condition, two obviously pregnant, and a boar. (we have space, veg & friendly vet). Blondie...

Oh my god I am shocked by the guinea pig just shown on BBC News being cared for by a disabled gentleman its nails were over an inch long and literally SPIRALLED from clearly never being cut!? The poor thing I can't believe that was just aired without being picked up on! Poor thing I feel awful...