Issues with nail trimming

[piggy_smalls]

Hi all!

My pig Eddie is an absolute nightmare when it comes to nail trimming, specifically his front feet. The back ones are no issue with a small bribe. But the front ones - no way.

He absolutely freaks out when you try and touch his front feet so I resorted to tempting him with a treat so that he put his feet up on the side of his cage and I was doing one or two nails a day. He’s now got wise to this and won’t stand there long enough! Cheeky!

Any tips on approaching this, maybe desensitising him so I can do it? He’s been handled daily since he was a tiny baby but has never gotten used to it even though he’s almost 1. I suspect he’s got some lasting damage from the bullying he had from his previous cage mate, poor lad.

TIA.

 

[fluffysal]

One of my boys is a total drama queen when it comes to nail trimming, he wriggles, nips, pulls his foot away and SCREAMS.....
All this before I've even trimmed any nails!
After months of just getting a couple of nails done at a time I decided to get them done at the vets. Personally I like that he gets checked over at the same time as he's a satin.
My other boy (who has black nails) is good as gold, he even sploots his back legs out for me
He's not a proper guinea pig though as he makes everything easy.

 

[piggy_smalls]

Yep sounds like Eddie! He just absolutely will not have it! I have managed to sneakily do a couple of toes tonight but the one I really need to do is the one he won’t let me near! He’s not in any pain….he’s just all about the drama! I shall keep trying with the relevant lettuce tax!