Clipping Toe nails?

[BeardedDad]

Are u suppose to clip beardies toe nails, if so what is best to use and what are the rules to go by?.

 

[Lennifer]

U can clip their nails with regular nail clippers. Just be sure to only clip/cut the very tip so that u don't cut the vein/quick. I use tiles in my beardie's enclosure & it keeps his nails nice & trim so I have never needed to use the clippers! lol!

~Sandy

 

[beardieman1122]

I don't clip them because while Zena is in her cage she cralls all over and her nails file off because there are alot of rocks.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

You can also wrap the BD in a towel and do one foot at at time this way is limits the stress on em...

 

[herpfreak]

Clipping is not neccessary, but many keepers like to so they don't get so scratched up during handling.

I find that using a substrate of tiles helped to wear down my beardies nails enough so that I don't have to clip them.

If you do decide to clip your beardie's nails, use a human nail clippers. There are lizard nail clippers available at pet stores, but the human kind work much better. The key is to clip just above the quick. As I've never clipped Budo's nails, I can't be of much help identifying the quick, but if you clip past it, it will hurt your beardie and may start to bleed. Clip the very tip of the nails only.