Back feet trimming blues

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- 08/06/2015 at 2:49 PM
  JenandLudwig
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  Hey everyone!
  
  Awhile back I asked for some tips on how to trim a fidgety bun’s nails, and many of you said the good ol’ bunny burrito. I can’t seem to figure out how to get at the back nails with the burrito method, since their back feet are tucked in there! I don’t want to lose the security the towel “burrito” provides. In the mean time, I’ve managed to clip his back nails without the burrito, but it’s very traumatizing and I literally can only get a nail or two a night until I get too frustrated or I don’t want to freak him out anymore. Any tips? Thank you!
- 08/06/2015 at 3:51 PM
  Bam
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  One tip is to cover the rabbit’s head with a blankie or towel just so the rabbit can’t see. For some reason this often makes them calmer.
- 08/07/2015 at 11:29 AM
  Eepster
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  If you need to, you can do the trance method. Though trancing a rabbit is stressful to them, if it make the process significantly faster and injury free, the overall stress will be reduced.
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