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Lemony4

First ever successful nail clipping (by me and not a vet) !!

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I don't think I've ever been so excited about the topic of nail clipping. I've always had to bring Luna to the vet for her nails because she was just so fussy and so hard to deal with. If I tried myself I would always get one nail done and give up because I was afraid she'd hurt herself.

But today she did it! All claws, barely any flinching. I think the trick was a bite of banana after every foot 😂

Also I had never thought to try holding her up on her hind legs to get at her back nails before... I always tried to just awkwardly get under her solid rock of a 7 lb body which she was having absolutely none of. I just held her back against me so that she was standing with my support and voila, easy as pie. Don't know why I'd never tried that before!

Just wanted to share here since it's been so difficult getting her to cooperate and I'm so proud of her 🐰❤️

Posted Jan 8, 2019, 12:38 AM UTC

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DinkaAnimalLover•

Oh that's awesome! Thanks for the tip!

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Raargh•

Congratulations!! It's very daunting to clip your buns nails at home initially, huge kudos for biting the bullet and getting stuck in there.

Well done to Luna for being such a good girl but an even bigger well done to her human for knowing her so well and managing to keep her calm. Here's to many successful future nail clippings!

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Lemony4OP•

Hah aw we both thank you!

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