ChinaBun
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The long-dreaded task has finally been done!Qingqing's nails have been clipped. And we got all four feet this time.My little girl does not like to be held, so it's naturally quite hardto clip those nails. I can't even get her in the position to try totrance her. After I had had her for two months, I took her to a vet fora clipping, but he only filed the front nails and not the back. Notsure why. Then my student and i tried to clip them in July, but we wereonly able to get the right foot. She was able to squirm away from usevery time we thought we had her, except for the time it took to do onefoot. I have tried to catch her and cut her nails alone, but couldn'tdo it.
From reading this forum, I knew I had to gather my strength and tryagain. This afternoon some of my former students came over (I amteaching at a new school an hour away by bus from my old school/ 20minutes by taxi). One of the students was Nancy, who had helped mebefore and who has a way of calming Qingqing. I told her we reallyneeded to try seriously and not give up this time. I gave her the petnail clippers I had bought a month ago and caught Qingqing and held onehand over her eyes and one hand around her front legs, while holdingher down on a box (a table wouldn't been better, but I wasn't thinkingahead!). I held out her front feet (paws?) and isolated the nails soNancy could clip them. The ChinaBun struggled, and even escaped a fewtimes, but I was able to catch her. The back legs were harder, as shehid them under her body. Nancy had to clip without any help from me, asI was struggling just to hold her still. But Nancy finally found herfeet and got them clipped. She said that she only found four nails oneach foot, and that the nails were not as long as the ones in thefront. And one was already short, so I guess poor Qingqing had brokenit at some point.
Qingqing recovered quickly from the ordeal. She was eating a carrotfrom another student after only a few seconds of the stunned bunnylook. Or is it the I hate you look. I told my student I'd see her againin about six weeks to repeat the process. But now I know that we can doit!
I'm writing this to encourage the forum member who is concerned aboutclipping her bunny's nails. She said her rabbithates to beheld, so how on earth will she be able to clip the nails?! Mine hatesto be held also, but with persistence and help, I was able to do it. Isuggest to the woman that she find a helper and pet nail clippers andthat she wear long sleeves. I was wearing short sleeves and a blazer,but that didn't stop me from getting a three-inch scratch on the arm.No blood this time, though. She gave me a few other shorter scratches,too, from other escape attempts. I'm glad, though, that she didn'tscratch my student, a university senior English major.
Thanks for reading this!
Nancy
From reading this forum, I knew I had to gather my strength and tryagain. This afternoon some of my former students came over (I amteaching at a new school an hour away by bus from my old school/ 20minutes by taxi). One of the students was Nancy, who had helped mebefore and who has a way of calming Qingqing. I told her we reallyneeded to try seriously and not give up this time. I gave her the petnail clippers I had bought a month ago and caught Qingqing and held onehand over her eyes and one hand around her front legs, while holdingher down on a box (a table wouldn't been better, but I wasn't thinkingahead!). I held out her front feet (paws?) and isolated the nails soNancy could clip them. The ChinaBun struggled, and even escaped a fewtimes, but I was able to catch her. The back legs were harder, as shehid them under her body. Nancy had to clip without any help from me, asI was struggling just to hold her still. But Nancy finally found herfeet and got them clipped. She said that she only found four nails oneach foot, and that the nails were not as long as the ones in thefront. And one was already short, so I guess poor Qingqing had brokenit at some point.
Qingqing recovered quickly from the ordeal. She was eating a carrotfrom another student after only a few seconds of the stunned bunnylook. Or is it the I hate you look. I told my student I'd see her againin about six weeks to repeat the process. But now I know that we can doit!
I'm writing this to encourage the forum member who is concerned aboutclipping her bunny's nails. She said her rabbithates to beheld, so how on earth will she be able to clip the nails?! Mine hatesto be held also, but with persistence and help, I was able to do it. Isuggest to the woman that she find a helper and pet nail clippers andthat she wear long sleeves. I was wearing short sleeves and a blazer,but that didn't stop me from getting a three-inch scratch on the arm.No blood this time, though. She gave me a few other shorter scratches,too, from other escape attempts. I'm glad, though, that she didn'tscratch my student, a university senior English major.
Thanks for reading this!
Nancy
