I cut my girls nails about every month or so. They haven't been weighed for awhile so I did that too. First up is Poe!
Tubby pig
Poe was great this time, look at her, she's like a small wild haired zen buddha! Sometimes when she's in a bad mood she'll wriggle and wave her arms so wildly I'm scared to constrain her for fear of hurting her.This time she was a joy.
She nibbled my hoodie string a bit afterwards. I try cuddle them afterwards and give them back scratches until they giggle to show them that we are still friends and it's not all that bad.
Sylbie's up next! Also pretty hefty piggie...
She has the cutest fat face...
Also the most goofy face...
This photo made me laugh ^_^ whenever I hold her by her tummy she splays her legs out like a chicken!
She bites the nails on her feet, so I just try to tidy up the raggedy ends...
All done!
Sylbie can make herself into a ball and kind of just roll out of my grasp. If she's impatient and wriggles too much, she basically just ends up rolling around on my lap, it's pretty hard to get a hold of her, she's too squidgy!
Finally Tiramisu. She's the lightest and smallest, but boy did she have an attitude!
She squealed for every nail I cut off, as if I was chopping off her leg! She protested so much that I had to stop a few times to make sure that I didn't accidentally cut too deeply...oh my little drama queen.
Unimpressed.
Sulking.
She cheer up later, when I gave them veggies ^_^
So that's how I cut their nails, as you can see, the easiest way I find is to hold them under the armpits, because their arms automatically stick out making it easy to peer over their heads and snip away. For their hind legs I lift them a bit higher and support their back against my chest. I try cut their nails as fast as possible, because especially with Poe and Sylbie, they've become so big that it's hard to wrap my hand around them.
