Nail clipping - from cute to pure evil

Allie0078 said:
Oh she’s beautiful! And looks so angelic. Gorgeous colour.
This is Sookie - my quieter piglet who’s rear left foot is black. I did make her black toe bleed once and she squealed! She is a peaceful soul though and so just hid with her head under my chin as if to say “why would you do that to me mum, why?!” I’m still getting over it.
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Nothing a bit of leafy green wont sort😁
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
I like the white stripe on her nose
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Allie0078 said:
Oh she’s beautiful! And looks so angelic. Gorgeous colour.
This is Sookie - my quieter piglet who’s rear left foot is black. I did make her black toe bleed once and she squealed! She is a peaceful soul though and so just hid with her head under my chin as if to say “why would you do that to me mum, why?!” I’m still getting over it.
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Meg is a shy and quiet girl who is bottom of the pecking order and happy to stay there. She is very beautiful with a personality to match. I have had her since she was born along with her brothers Dennis and Christian (shop pregnancy). Meg loves her cuddles.
 
Betsy said:
Meg is a shy and quiet girl who is bottom of the pecking order and happy to stay there. She is very beautiful with a personality to match. I have had her since she was born along with her brothers Dennis and Christian (shop pregnancy). Meg loves her cuddles.
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Shes gorgeous . ☺
 
I could do Comet's nails fine, but I used to have to bring Blitzen to the vet to get his done and then apologise profusely to the poor sod who was going to get bitten. Every single time. I mean Comet would pout because he was in the vets but as long as I held him, he was as nice as pie about the whole thing. Then you'd get Blitzen out and it was a race to see if you could get to his nails before he'd get to your fingers.
He was a nice piggy really, I swear.
 
I usually get vet to do them or have someone hold. Got a little pair of clippers when I do do it. The worst one I had was Sparrow, my boar who liked to bite even if you so much as looked at him wrong. Also had a lot of black toed piggies making for an extra stressful time as you can't see the quick. I will admit that I have drawn blood a couple times and it makes me feel like the scum of the earth haha. Ever had a super thick toe nails? Sparrows back ones were so thick.
 
Lorcan said:
I could do Comet's nails fine, but I used to have to bring Blitzen to the vet to get his done and then apologise profusely to the poor sod who was going to get bitten. Every single time. I mean Comet would pout because he was in the vets but as long as I held him, he was as nice as pie about the whole thing. Then you'd get Blitzen out and it was a race to see if you could get to his nails before he'd get to your fingers.
He was a nice piggy really, I swear.
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Oh no! I’m starting to think that Tallulah is not quite as evil as I originally thought. It’s onviously me being a wimp. It sounds like a comedy, but I bet it wasn’t so funny when you were on the receiving end!
 
baleofhay said:
I usually get vet to do them or have someone hold. Got a little pair of clippers when I do do it. The worst one I had was Sparrow, my boar who liked to bite even if you so much as looked at him wrong. Also had a lot of black toed piggies making for an extra stressful time as you can't see the quick. I will admit that I have drawn blood a couple times and it makes me feel like the scum of the earth haha. Ever had a super thick toe nails? Sparrows back ones were so thick.
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I’m pleased I’m not the only one who has issues with nail cutting 🙈
 
Allie0078 said:
Oh no! I’m starting to think that Tallulah is not quite as evil as I originally thought. It’s onviously me being a wimp. It sounds like a comedy, but I bet it wasn’t so funny when you were on the receiving end!
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Well that's why I got the vet to do it, somebody got bit all right but it wasn't me :whistle:
 
Oh dear haha! I feel your pain so much, my Rosie is the same. Such a loving pig but a right diva for nails. She even nips to get away! Little madam. But I found shoving a green bean or lettuce leaf infront of her face is enough to keep her distracted long enough for my to do a paw. I normally pace myself and do one or two paws a day more for my sake so I don’t have a minor heart attack. :xd:
 
Cuddles With Cavies said:
Oh dear haha! I feel your pain so much, my Rosie is the same. Such a loving pig but a right diva for nails. She even nips to get away! Little madam. But I found shoving a green bean or lettuce leaf infront of her face is enough to keep her distracted long enough for my to do a paw. I normally pace myself and do one or two paws a day more for my sake so I don’t have a minor heart attack. :xd:
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Haha - same! I do a foot a day. But the vegetable thing doesn’t work because it’s gone quicker than I can do the first toe 😂
 
The only time a pig has ever drawn blood (mine in fact!) was at nail clipping time! It was around the time of the World Cup where the footballer Suarez bit another player’s shoulder so I dubbed her Suarez on occasion as a nick name.

My boy Ragnar is a total pest when it comes to nails. I wait till he is very sleepy (preferably waking him up, sorry!) pick him up, stroke him, then quickly cut the nails of two of his feet before he gets too awake/ squirmy! I can usually do his hind legs like that but his front paws... well... I’ve learned to hold him whilst keeping my fingers out of the way of his teeth! I tend to manage a few nails then do the rest the next day or so.

He then usually struts around for a few minutes in a total huff shoving everything out of his way before settling with a sigh and grumpy face!
 
Elthysia said:
The only time a pig has ever drawn blood (mine in fact!) was at nail clipping time! It was around the time of the World Cup where the footballer Suarez bit another player’s shoulder so I dubbed her Suarez on occasion as a nick name.

My boy Ragnar is a total pest when it comes to nails. I wait till he is very sleepy (preferably waking him up, sorry!) pick him up, stroke him, then quickly cut the nails of two of his feet before he gets too awake/ squirmy! I can usually do his hind legs like that but his front paws... well... I’ve learned to hold him whilst keeping my fingers out of the way of his teeth! I tend to manage a few nails then do the rest the next day or so.

He then usually struts around for a few minutes in a total huff shoving everything out of his way before settling with a sigh and grumpy face!
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Haha! Oh dear. It seems that the general consensus is that guinea pig nail cutting is a nightmare and not for the faint hearted 🙈🤣
 
My best advice is do it quick and don't mess around. I have a few that still get a bit squirmy but i have different techniques for different pigs depending on how they react.
Rears are easy the fronts are more problematic but a treat after the cutting gives them satisfaction that they fought with pride and valour but will always lose the battle.
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Mother Hubbard said:
My best advice is do it quick and don't mess around. I have a few that still get a bit squirmy but i have different techniques for different pigs depending on how they react.
Rears are easy the fronts are more problematic but a treat after the cutting gives them satisfaction that they fought with pride and valour but will always lose the battle.
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I like this technique. I will go at it with a more positive attitude (and cucumber) next time 🤣
 
Merab's Slave said:
Tallulah is so cute and beautiful.
I am a total wimp about nail trimming and always go to the vet nurse
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Ha ha thank you. She is cute and beautiful (and she knows it 🤣).
To be fair actually, she isn’t all that bad after reading about other people’s experiences 😳
 
Allie0078 said:
Oh she’s beautiful! And looks so angelic. Gorgeous colour.
This is Sookie - my quieter piglet who’s rear left foot is black. I did make her black toe bleed once and she squealed! She is a peaceful soul though and so just hid with her head under my chin as if to say “why would you do that to me mum, why?!” I’m still getting over it.
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Sookie looks like my RB pig Miss Mollie. Big fluffy monster!
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VickiA said:
Sookie looks like my RB pig Miss Mollie. Big fluffy monster!
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Oh she is! What a gorgeous picture. I’ve not seen any others of Sookie’s Colouring. I don’t even know what breed she is. I was told she’s a texel but I think she looks more like a Swiss teddy?
 
Allie0078 said:
I didn’t even think you could take them for nail trimming. I might look into this as it seems a lot of you do it!
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Yup, just tell the vet you'd like their nails clipped and the vet nurse will usually do it. I know price varies, but I think I used to pay around £15 for them both.
 
Our vet nurse charges £8.50 for a piggy pedicure and usually they're happy to do a quick general health and weight check too, last time we had the nurse show us how to clean boar bits and it didnt cost any extra! Its quite useful for the vet to have their usual healthy piggy weight logged on the computer in case they get ill.
 
length looks great, sometimes I go shorter then that on my pigs so that I can get away with not clipping for 2 months :)
 
Allie0078 said:
Oh I really would - I’m just too scared 😂
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I know the feeling! It took me 7 months of practice (and thankfully, I have never cut the quick eeek) just to stop shaking because I was terrified! :D
I remember the first time I cut their nails, it actually took me 2 hours because I was terrified and the vet was booked up
 
cavylover2002 said:
I know the feeling! It took me 7 months of practice (and thankfully, I have never cut the quick eeek) just to stop shaking because I was terrified! :D
I remember the first time I cut their nails, it actually took me 2 hours because I was terrified and the vet was booked up
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I’ve cut the quick on my other piggy and it’s scarred me for life 😢
 
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