​IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOUR BUNNY'S NAILS TRIMMED REGULARLY BECAUSE THE NAILS CONTINUALLY GROW AND CAN GET TO LONG AND EVEN CURL INTO THE BUNNY'S FOOT. YOU CAN HAVE YOUR VET DO IT OR YOU CAN LEARN TO DO IT YOURSELF.

                            

                              THINGS YOU WILL NEED

                       

                       PET CLIPPERS, TOWEL, SMALL FLASHLIGHT,

                       COTTEN SWABS, CORSTARCH OR FLOUR, TREATS

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                          EASY STEPS TO TRIM YOUR BUNNY'S NAILS

1.  FIRST DRESS ACCORDINGLY! BUNNIES LIKE TO KICK AND CAUSE SCRATCHES

2.  TALK TO AND SOOTH YOUR BUNNY AND GET ON HIS/HER GOOD SIDE BEFORE YOU START

3.  PROPERLY RESTRAIN THE BUNNY. I WRAP IT IN A TOWEL SO I CAN PULL OUT EACH FOOT ONE AT A TIME. ALSO WET THE HAIR A LITTLE, IT MAKES IT EASIER TO SEE THE NAIL

4.  EXAMINE THE CLAW AND LOCATE THE QUICK, OR BLOOD

 VESSEL. IN LIGHT BUNNIES YOU CAN SEE IT. IN DARKER 

 BUNNIES SHINE A LIGHT BEHIND IT.

5.  CUT ABOVE THE QUICK, JUST THE TIP IF NEEDED TO ENSURE NOT CUTTING THE 

 QUICK. IT WILL BLEED AND BRING THE BUNNY SOME DISCOMFORT IF CUT.

6.  IF YOU DO CUT IT, DON'T PANIC! IT IS COMMON AND WILL HAPPEN AT TIMES. PUT CORNSTARCH, FLOUR, BAKING SODA OR SUCH ON IT AFTER WIPING WITH A COTTEN SWAB. DON'T FEEL BAD! IT WILL HAPPEN AND BUNNY WILL BE FINE.....YOU CAN ALSO FILE DOWN THE NAILS. I DO THIS AT THE END TO MAKE THEM SMOOTHER AND WE GET LESS SCRATCHES!

7.  WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED, GIVE YOUR BUNNY A TREAT AND EXTRA LOVE SO HE OR SHE WILL NOT THINK THEY ARE IN TROUBLE. IF YOU START THIS WHEN THEY ARE BABIES IT BECOMES EASIER. DO IT REGULARLY AROUND EVERY 6-8 WEEKS. AND REMEMBER THAT BUNNIES HAVE 18 CLAWS IN ALL!

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