HOW do I know how far back I can trim the nails on a black rabbit?

[woodleighcreek]

THIS BUNNIES NAILS WERE SO LONG ! 2 of her nails had curled around and were digging into her FEET!! It was SO sad. She HAD to be in pain!!

Yikes, that sounds painful. I never clip my rabbits nails so im not really sure what to use.

Cat clippers work really well.

 

[rabbitlady4433]

Just a thought.... I have never had to trim any of my breeder rabbits nails, however they do have these's wood 'shelves' in their cages to get up on. I often see them scratching on them to rearrange hay to lay on, so I'm betting that's why I've never had to do it. Though, they are never long I have sustained some really bad scratches when breaking up a fight between a buck and a doe. (Of coarse the one time I thought I didn't need long sleeves, lol)

I do however clip the tips off of the kits nails because my kids handle them daily if their going to be pets for some one or sold at the local feed and grain and I just want to avoid them getting any bad scratches.

 

[DianeS]

Ouch! I'm glad you were able to get that taken care of. Must have hurt. Now you have the confidence to check that rabbit's feet on a regular basis and trim the nails whenever they grow too long - since that rabbit seems to have the abilty to grow them long. Good for you!

 

[dewey]

Maybe everyone else's buns are nail biters or someting, lol, but mine need a trim at least every 2 months. It's not something I enjoy, even though I can do surgeries on them without a blink.....even clipping the nails on my children when they were babies would make me shake!LOL They had lots of cute little baby mittens.