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Gerbil Sharp Nails?!

waiyus

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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:56 am


	Dont tell me to buy fancy gadgets please c: I have two gerbils and their nails are REALLY REALLY sharp ._. Help!

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:11 am


	Can you give them something to dig in? I've read that gerbils often like sand baths, it might be that digging in it would dull their nails. I'm not sure if it has to be a special type of sand though.

Akiska

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Lady Lagomorph

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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:37 am


	You could try a pair of normal nail clippers if you think you can be delicate enough - I can't remember quite how tiny gerbil nails are, as I haven't had one in a while. You wouldn't have to trim so much as clip off the very tip. Our vets have recommended that before with our cats if they're scratching things up too much. You could also try lightly filing them, I suppose (just one or two swipes - no more than that). Again, that might not work. Gerbils are so little.

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:19 pm


	I have clipped gerbil nails before. JUST the tip, though because their nails were so dark, I was scarred of the quick. If it makes you nervous, just get an emery board and plan on spending a long long time slowly buffing away... a long time because gerbs do NOT do good at that whole holding still thing!

Kipluck
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