Any Tips On Cutting Black Nails?

[Sian25]

One of my boys has one black foot, the other boy has 4 black feet! His nails always look slightly longer than my other boys as I'm always too scared to cut his skin. Any tips?

 

[biscandmatt]

mollie has black nails aswell. some people say shine a torch underneath and that will show the quick but nope, doesn't work for mollie's jet black nails! with mollie, i tend to find where the nail curves, move a little further down towards the end of the nail, and then trim. if i'm unsure about a particular nail then i'll put a little pressure on the nail before cutting just to see if she reacts, and then adjust from there. but i think it's a trial and error thing. i caught her quick once not long after she came here and i felt terrible! not happened since though *touch wood*

 

[Bitsato]

Both of my boys have 2 black feet. I've tried the light thing that @biscandmatt mentioned, it didn't work for us either, but I trim their nails also like they mentioned. Just the tip down the curve.

 

[luckyandsammy]

Haha aw, I know how you feel! I do what other people already said they do, I only cut the tip! I do it every week so I think their nails are okay

 

[Freela]

Linney had some very dark nails where you couldn't see the quick... I used to cut tiny amounts more often to try to keep them manageable without hurting her. I did still cut the quick a few times by accident though, poor girl! I've lucked out right now as both pigs have pink feet/clear nails, which is kind of a relief!

 

[Elbie]

I've got one pig with one black foot. I tried the light thing too and it didn't work for me either!

The other one has almost brown nails on her front feet. She's a short haired pig but she seems to have hairy feet! Those were a bit tricky to trim