The Easy Way to Cut Your Ferret's Toenails

Step 13 Compare to how easy it is with Ferretone!

This is Mr. Roco in the video.

Comments

[ferretlady]

This is a great instructable, but I find it so much easier to lay the ferret in my lap so that I have both hands completely free. See my (very similar) method at : http://www.ehow.com/how_4452552_trim-ferrets-toenails.html

[cfishy]

This is awesome. I wanna see if I can try something like peanut butter on my dachshund dog. She always gives me the death struggle and it took three people to get her nails cut. Dachshunds have black nails so it's impossible to see the quick from the sides. does the animal get upset when you cut into the quick and make them bleed? i'm always afraid of that. One tip: keep the nail clippers sharp would help, too.

[lbaran]

If you do cut the quick, it does hurt them, but not severely. It is similar to when you get a hang nail and it goes a little too far down. Smarts a little bit, but doesn't send you to the hospital or anything. Do Dachshunds bend in half well? You might be better off with peanut butter on his/her forleg instead of the stomach. They don't seem all that flexible, but I could be wrong.