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My new piggy absolutely loathes having her nails cut.
I bought her when she was 8-12wks old and thought that she would handle having her nails cut better if I started preparing her for it immediately. I waited until she had got used to me and then started handling her as I would if I were to cut her nails. I'd hold her up against me and then touch all her paws in turn and I'd do this everyday. I also let her just play with and chew the nail clippers so she'd get used to them.
My previous piggies never got this treatment and responded better than she does!
On her first actual nail trimming session it took 45 minutes and I didn't even manage to cut half of her nails. She cries, whinges, screams, nips, bites, rolls over, thrashes, kicks and jumps until I give in. Even with a second person its difficult and no-one wants to help me because she bites.
Her nails aren't too bad, length wise, because she is out a lot, but they are starting to curl and this will make things even harder in the future if they get too bad.
Any ideas on how to make her love the idea of having her nails trimmed or how to restrain her?
I bought her when she was 8-12wks old and thought that she would handle having her nails cut better if I started preparing her for it immediately. I waited until she had got used to me and then started handling her as I would if I were to cut her nails. I'd hold her up against me and then touch all her paws in turn and I'd do this everyday. I also let her just play with and chew the nail clippers so she'd get used to them.
My previous piggies never got this treatment and responded better than she does!
On her first actual nail trimming session it took 45 minutes and I didn't even manage to cut half of her nails. She cries, whinges, screams, nips, bites, rolls over, thrashes, kicks and jumps until I give in. Even with a second person its difficult and no-one wants to help me because she bites.
Her nails aren't too bad, length wise, because she is out a lot, but they are starting to curl and this will make things even harder in the future if they get too bad.
Any ideas on how to make her love the idea of having her nails trimmed or how to restrain her?