Remedy
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Post by Remedy on Feb 11, 2006 0:45:16 GMT -5
Very cool idea on how to hold a ferret while claw clipping! If we ever have to do it alone, now we know how. XD Currently my boyfriend holds the ferret while I do the trimming. It works well because the ferrets trust me and hardly shake when getting their claws done. Kipling just relaxes and enjoys a neck rub from my boyfriend (he moans too XD). Poor Twitch used to shake so badly when we had someone else do the clipping.
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Post by anahera on Mar 13, 2006 1:20:13 GMT -5
I just wanted to let you know that I tried this with Jax (he still has tiny baby nails) and I nearly got my nose bitten off! -lmao- There were tears, man, tears! I hope you're happy.
(btw, Jax's nails are now perfectly trimmed. But that's not the point! My nose! -lol-)
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canni
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Post by canni on Mar 13, 2006 3:38:39 GMT -5
Yeah I wouldn't want to even attempt this with Gypsy! (she got me on the nose yesterday too lol) The belly method won't work (eugh sticky Nutrigel on the carpet) I think I'm gonna have to sneakily do it whilst she sleeps.. at least I can get the vet to do them all soon when she goes under for desexing lol
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Post by lfduty on Jun 19, 2006 19:29:31 GMT -5
pixie will dig on the porch and that will cap thim down to but thay all will let me clip ther nails prity good thay will just lay ther and let me do the job.
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Post by ferretluver14 on Jun 29, 2006 14:13:30 GMT -5
I tried this once and got fur in my mouth...I'm gonna try it again sometime *AFTER* I brush Marty...LOL
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kcoski
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Post by kcoski on Dec 23, 2006 21:36:46 GMT -5
Warning if you cut the nail back to far try a few of these things you might have lying around such as baking soda, bar of soap, and of course a bottle of syptic powder. Hold either ONE of these on the bleeding nail until it stops. One time my poor Houdini caught her nail onto my shirt, I just ran out of syptic powder so I used baking soda and it did the trick!
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Marley & Ziggy's Mama!
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Post by Marley & Ziggy's Mama! on Jun 20, 2008 14:52:00 GMT -5
that's a great idea!
most times i try to catch mine while he's asleep though, hah.
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Post by daisha on Jul 15, 2008 20:12:10 GMT -5
are ferrets nails thin enough i guess you would say to use finger nail clippers?
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Post by claudettebillie on Jul 24, 2008 17:45:03 GMT -5
Bella won't sit still for scruffing. Do you think scruffing her with my mouth would effect her any different? I don't have anything against using my mouth to scruff- I'm just afraid to bite too hard.  |
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Post by toesinthesand79 on Jul 25, 2008 12:45:08 GMT -5
Bella won't sit still for scruffing. Do you think scruffing her with my mouth would effect her any different? I don't have anything against using my mouth to scruff- I'm just afraid to bite too hard. A ferret's skin is much tougher than our own. Remember, their own momma's use this method all the time and their teeth are sharper than our own. I mouth scruff Belle all the time. It is the only scruff that she will respond to. |
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Post by claudettebillie on Jul 25, 2008 13:10:45 GMT -5
Omg! Mom won't let me scruff Bella with MY mouth! Lol! I'll just do it when she's gone....
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Post by jena03 on Aug 13, 2008 10:11:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice and the diagram really helped. I was really unsure about the exact angle to cut. Seeing the lines across the nails helps a lot.
Thanks~
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Post by Just Us (Amber) on Sept 5, 2008 1:21:43 GMT -5
lol I do this with all mine, but I don't let any non-ferret people know about it lol!
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Post by suewee44 on Oct 7, 2008 18:38:16 GMT -5
We have a squiggle worm too, she goes berserk! Hates it!!! Her little paws go together and she pushes them out under her chin and then she pees. It is definitely problem!
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Post by moose17 on Mar 27, 2009 21:35:40 GMT -5
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all my kids are doing well otter is getting real beefy feeling <winter weight?> and his coat is getting real soft not many noticeable changes overall,, new guy is getting big
Daxy is SO happy the weather is cooling off! He doesn't like the AC - it limits him to one room but when I let him go other places, he just flat ferrets cause it's too hote