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Mar
How To Cut A Guinea Pigs Nails. The powder helps stop small wounds from bleeding. So you will need a lot of patience. You can try one of these following ways. If you cut into the quick the nail will bleed and it will hurt your guinea pig.
However if your guinea has black nails then you should only trim a tiny amount of the nail to avoid hurting them. Guinea pigs hardly ever sit still during nail trimming time and its hard to judge where the quick is. Each nail should be cut to the correct length using a pair of pet nail clippers being careful to avoid cutting the quick or blood supply to the nail. Although guinea pigs are wiggly holding them is not so difficult. You can try one of these following ways. Fresh Vegetables or Treats.
Sit on the ground.
Guinea Pigs nails continually grow and so this prevents their nails from curling around and. Each nail should be cut to the correct length using a pair of pet nail clippers being careful to avoid cutting the quick or blood supply to the nail. The white nails are easier to cut because you can actually see where the blood vessel also known as Quick ends. Guinea pig nails should be trimmed once every 3-4 weeks. If you cut into the quick the nail will bleed and it will hurt your guinea pig. It is advisable to cut their nails once they start to curl around the edges but not until the quick.