The day we brought Tank home I decided to cut his nails, since they were very sharp and very long. He was 17 weeks old, and had pretty obviously never had them clipped. he jerked on the first nail of the second paw, and I cut the quick. I had some coban ("vet wrap stuff" - I work in a human lab and had forgotten to take it out of my pocket), and tried to wrap up his nail with some gauze. After that fell off, I stuck his paw in a bowl of flour. That didn't work too well either...I didn't have any kwik stop, but I just kinda left him to take care of his paw by himself, and the bleeding stopped quickly. Now, he's totally fine. He sits in my lap and lets me cut his nails while he watches tv or something, and he knows he gets a cookie after! |