I tried to trim Ginny's nails for the first time today, and it went remarkably well! She was asleep tucked in fleece in my sports bra.

(I've been trying to gradually bra train her by putting her pouch food--grape halves, chunk of apple, etc--in my bra along with a piece of fleece, putting her in my shirt still in her sleeping pouch, and sneakily removing her sleeping pouch after she climbs out of it to investigate the fruit. ;) )

Anyway, it was 6 or 7 at night and she was fast asleep (still working on getting her sleep schedule a little more normal) tucked into the fleece with one hind foot poking out, and I figured "Now's my chance!"

I grabbed my cuticle trimmers, nail file, and styptic pencil, and I got to work. If I didn't get a clean trim on the first try, or if I used the file in a way that made her uncomfortable, or if I was holding her foot in a position she didn't like, she would jerk her paw back into the pouch. But when I gently brought it out again, giving her a little paw massage, she didn't protest (or even wake up) so I was able to get back to work.

I actually managed to trim (and file the rough edges) all of her nails! There was no cutting of the quick or bleeding or any other accidents. And in total, it took only 10-20 minutes, max.

She could still clamber and grab onto everything in her tent during tent time, too, so her shorter nails didn't cause her any trouble.

So glad this went so well!

 

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