Sunday, January 17, 2010

Do rats chew their nails down or do you need to trim them?Please respond!?

Some rats will trim their nails by biting them and some you will have to trim their nails with a clipper.


If your rat's nails become to long you will need to trim them with a small animal nail trimmer.


Some people use regular human nail trimmers, but the ';animal nail clippers'; work better since they are rounded, just like the rat nails are.


In order to tell if your rats nails are overgrown or to long, look at their nails, Their nails should start off on the feet pink and as they get longer you should notice on the tips a white part, trim that off, be careful not to cut their nails to short, it will cause the rat pain and bleeding.


You can also buy a nail filer and file down the rats nail.Do rats chew their nails down or do you need to trim them?Please respond!?
Depends on the rat. I've seen some with extremely long %26amp; sharp nails, while others tend to file theirs down.





I've never trimmed a rat's nails, though. In fear of cutting too far, or the rat moving their foot at the wrong time. I'll suffer the scratches, rather than risk an injury to them.Do rats chew their nails down or do you need to trim them?Please respond!?
Put some branches in the cage and it should help keep there nails short if not put in some bird sand paper on the bars and that will help.

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