Ferret Grooming Tip #1
May 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: GroomingNail clipping
It has to be done. Otherwise the poor little guys get splitting on their nails and get hung up on toys, carpet, hammocks, etc. We have had them get hung up when no one was home and found a ferret with a bleeding nail when we got home. It has to be done.
Nail clipping doesn’t have to be a struggle. After trial and error, we finally found a method that didn’t require scruffing or even two people! Try this:
Have your nail clippers ready to go because this will happen fast. Get some Furo-Vite or Furo-Tone and rub some onto the ferret’s belly. Here’s your window of opportunity. You have a few minutes to clip each nail while your ferret licks it’s belly like crazy. Make sure to only cut the nail down to right above the quick (the little pink line). If you do cut too short and bleeding occurs, use some CutStop Styptic Pads to stop the bleeding.
I use peanut butter on their bellies to distract them! Also, I use people nail clippers because they’re smaller and sharper. I have 10 ferrets, so nail clipping is a huge endeavor!
The only problem I have with this tip is the fact that it only applies to 1 of my 2 ferrets. My girl ferret will eat basically anything you give her, including ferritone. My boy ferret won’t eat any types of treats or ferretone, just his food, and colby jack cheese and caramel popcorn (neither of which were given to him, he managed to get them on his own).