Cookie&Cream
Junior Guinea Pig
The other night I cut Cookie and Cream's nails for the 2nd time (however before I only cut the back paw's nails as the front were still short)
I get help when cutting them, my boyfriend holds them whilst I do the cutting.
Cream - perfectly fine didn't make a fuss apart from a few wriggles.
Cookie however, I only managed to get 3 back nails done and he just freaked out when I attempted to cut his front ones. It resulted in him getting really stressed out and he ended up biting both of us (he always playfully nips but this time it was harder than a nip!) so we put him in the run and tried again about 5 minutes later but was the same again so we just put him back in the cage.
Is there a way to keep Cookie calm whilst he gets his nails cut as I want to get them cut as soon as I can. I've tried talking to him and giving him smooths and a break between each nail but that hasn't exactly worked
I get help when cutting them, my boyfriend holds them whilst I do the cutting.
Cream - perfectly fine didn't make a fuss apart from a few wriggles.
Cookie however, I only managed to get 3 back nails done and he just freaked out when I attempted to cut his front ones. It resulted in him getting really stressed out and he ended up biting both of us (he always playfully nips but this time it was harder than a nip!) so we put him in the run and tried again about 5 minutes later but was the same again so we just put him back in the cage.
Is there a way to keep Cookie calm whilst he gets his nails cut as I want to get them cut as soon as I can. I've tried talking to him and giving him smooths and a break between each nail but that hasn't exactly worked