Nail Trimming

[RKeene]

Hello everyone,
My wife gets on me about my dragon Irwin's nails as they have never been trimmed in his 2 years of life. Do you trim them or all naturalle. Appreciate any advice. Rob

 

[CooperDragon]

You can trim them if they get too sharp. Adding a rough-ish rock or some tile to the enclosure can help file them down too. If you clip them, just take some small nail clippers and run them along the back of the nail. Toward the tip you'll feel a groove and you can cut beyond that. Just the very fine/sharp tip. It's also good to keep some cornstarch or styptic powder on hand in case you cut too far up by mistake and it starts to bleed. You can also just file them a bit using an emery board. I've found it's tough to keep them still for very long so I'd plan on trimming one hand/foot at a time then give some time to run around if needed before moving to the others.

 

[kingofnobbys]

https://www.budgetpetproducts.com.au/new/product/nail-clipper-for-dogs-and-cats-small-gripsoft/2504/?refs=9&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9_ngm5GV1gIVjJO9Ch2NNwIyEAQYASABEgIXDfD_BwE are very similar to what I use for all my gang , even used them with juvenile water skinks about 5g ( a Cree headtorch and jewelers loop were handy for that little skink).

I simply give the scratchy culprit a snuggle and when nice and relaxed gently lift the foot or hand and very gently snip the last mm or 2 of nail off each nail.... my gang never protest or even seem to mind it being done.

Only need to take a few mm of each nail to stop it being like a razor sharp needle. If the nails are very long, worth asking your vet to do the initial nail trimming .

 

[CooperDragon]

the scratchy culprit

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