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01-20-2011, 07:00 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: earth
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Re: Are your hamster's nails too long?
I am glad to know I'm not the only one who is nervous clipping claws! I am taking Frosty to the vets to get his done, its both our first time at a vets so I am nervous especially as Frosty is prone to biteing! :-.
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TiNy SoTy
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01-22-2011, 04:21 PM
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PM Fluffy for custom title
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Posts: 3,350
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Re: Are your hamster's nails too long?
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Originally Posted by tiny soty
I am glad to know I'm not the only one who is nervous clipping claws! I am taking Frosty to the vets to get his done, its both our first time at a vets so I am nervous especially as Frosty is prone to biteing! :-.
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I took my alfie to the vet, and the vet scruffed him, which meant that he couldn't bite her.. it didn't cause him any pain, and it made him stay still
I'm sure it'll be fine.
I took alfies whole cage, to keep him calmer, I don't know what cage you have though.
Good luck ^.^
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01-22-2011, 04:49 PM
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Adult Hamster
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Scotland
Posts: 306
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Re: Are your hamster's nails too long?
i took Harley to the vets but they said that even though his nails were long-ish they werent long enough for them to clip incase they hurt him
ive tried the walnut idea but he gets bored of it really quickly... What about a big rock for him to sit on? Would climbing on it wear his nails down?
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01-31-2011, 05:44 PM
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PM Fluffy for custom title
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Fife Scotland
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Re: Are your hamster's nails too long?
is that the same with dwarfs?
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02-22-2011, 06:33 PM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Nebraska, US
Posts: 54
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Re: Are your hamster's nails too long?
My little Bo's nails have gotten very long... so I did have to cut them myself. I found that using the special ones from the pet store help because they are curved in a way to help not cut too much off. After a while he got used to me doing it...even if he would only let me do a couple day as part of a routine!
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02-23-2011, 10:02 AM
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Adult Hamster
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: In America >.> am I the only one here?
Posts: 337
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Re: Are your hamster's nails too long?
Okay.... you have to know my sweet Goliath to know why i can't cut his nails. He would never ever let me near his paws. Would it cost money to get a vet to do it??? His nails are really long and he has no patience for things to scratch at. Are there any other ways to get their nails trip once they're this long. I'm not at all worried about his teeth because he chews everything.
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02-23-2011, 03:08 PM
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Adult Hamster
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Scotland
Posts: 306
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Re: Are your hamster's nails too long?
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Originally Posted by Goliath
Okay.... you have to know my sweet Goliath to know why i can't cut his nails. He would never ever let me near his paws. Would it cost money to get a vet to do it??? His nails are really long and he has no patience for things to scratch at. Are there any other ways to get their nails trip once they're this long. I'm not at all worried about his teeth because he chews everything.
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I tried to get Harley's done at the vets and they quoted me £7 for it if thats any help if ur trying to get an idea of the price.
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02-23-2011, 10:56 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Yorkshire, UK but my heart lies in Scotland!
Posts: 28,198
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Re: Are your hamster's nails too long?
If they are very long they will curl over and dig into his pads and hurt him. They can also damage eyes and ears when they wash.
What we do is get a bit of wire mesh and sit the hammy on it. Put a glass over the hamster so it cannot run about. The nails normally drop through the mesh and if someone hold the hamster up the other pesron can clip the nails protruding through
I would expect a vet to charge yes. Some will give a very short gas anesthetic to get it done if the nails are very bad and disabling the animal.
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02-23-2011, 11:02 AM
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PM Fluffy for custom title
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Fife Scotland
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Re: Are your hamster's nails too long?
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Originally Posted by souffle
If they are very long they will curl over and dig into his pads and hurt him. They can also damage eyes and ears when they wash.
What we do is get a bit of wire mesh and sit the hammy on it. Put a glass over the hamster so it cannot run about. The nails normally drop through the mesh and if someone hold the hamster up the other pesron can clip the nails protruding through
I would expect a vet to charge yes. Some will give a very short gas anesthetic to get it done if the nails are very bad and disabling the animal.
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is that for syrians or dwarfs?, my dwarfs nails look long but they arent curl up yet. looks like he has wee furry paws.
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02-23-2011, 12:31 PM
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Adult Hamster
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: In America >.> am I the only one here?
Posts: 337
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Re: Are your hamster's nails too long?
:/ i'm very sad.... I'm really afraid that he's gonna get hurt but i dunno... they clip them at petland but after a bad experience with buying a pet from there and it not making it, i don't feel like i can trust them to do it...
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