[Gpdd] Re: [CARE] <nail clipping>

[Ginger Fitzsimmons]

I'm very nervous trying to clip Niles's nails because he's a black pig 
with black nails and there's no way I can see the quick. Heather did 
them when she visited and she went verrrry slowly. Niles makes a noise 
if he's about to be clipped wrong so she could back off and try again. 
Makes me almost brave enough to try again some time. :-)

-ginger
foster mom to Heather's Niles

>
> I worked up the guts to finish clipping my babies' nails today. 
> Actually, I think when they were at the vet's last, they only clipped 
> Pooh Bear's nails and not Piglet's (they did it for free after the 
> surgery). Either that or Piglet's grow faster. Anyway, both their 
> claws are completely black so it is pretty impossible to find the 
> quick. I have to put each one in the palm of my hand and my wrist, and 
> lift them above my head so I can look at the underside of their toes 
> and try to see the quick that way. That's the only way I can figure 
> out to do it, because they hate to be turned upside down in my lap! 
> Even though I had accidentally hurt her last time, Piglet was very 
> calm today and seemed to trust me when I told her that i was going to 
> go extra slow and be extra careful this time. Luckily everything went 
> smoothly. She didn't even squrim. I think guinea pigs are some of the 
> sweetest animals of all time.
> Pooh Bear, Piglet and Lauren