nail trimming

[Noellerch]

I feel silly asking this, but is nail trimming ever necessary? My little guy, Petri (approx. 7 mos.) likes to get out of his enclosure and run around sometimes, but on our hard wood floors he looks like Bambi on Ice! :lol:

He is also scratching me a lot. Not on purpose, but his nails have just gotten super long.

If people don't trim nails, is there something I can put in his enclosure to help him file his nails naturally?

Thanks!
Noelle

 

[kingofnobbys]

Those nails are pretty sharp, like 10 needles and can do a bit damage to the skink if not worn down by climbing hard/rough surfaces, digging / scratching in sand, or trimmed.

A rough concrete paver or bit of natural sandstone will do a great job at waring down the nails.

I use these kinds of nail trimmers for all my lizards (even used them for little Lucky who was at his largest an 18g eastern water skink and on Wriggles who was a 35g adult water skink. (I had to use a magnifying glass to see what I was doing as their nails were getting very curly).
http://www.lovemypet.com.au/gripsoft-nail-clipper-for-cats?fee=13&fep=340&gclid=COnHnbCgxs4CFQpvvAods4kOmA


you only need to take a mm or 2 or 3 off the ends each nail, my little beardies Peppa and Toothless were very calm and relaxed the entire time when I did their nails for the first time. Gentle does it as well lots of petting between nails.
If lizard pulls foot away , it's fealt it and didn't like it.

 

[SDragons]

We use tiles in the tank. It keeps the nail short.

 

[Noellerch]

Thanks for the quick replies!