The more often you trim, the smaller the quick will get. As far as how long they should be, I’m not sure! I trim my bun’s nails every two weeks. It’s a pain because I have to use a flashlight since she has dark nails.

Generally, nails should be short enough that they don’t touch the ground when the animal is standing/walking normally. Like Megan said, frequent trimming will shorten the quick over time. I just ran into the same problem with our dog, the quick seems to have grown a bit too long on his front paws. Another method of training back the quick is to cut the nail as short as you can without nicking the quick, and then carefully shaving off the nail around the tip of the quick on the top and sides, so that the quick ends up sticking out somewhat exposed. The quick will then shrivel up and fall off without causing any bleeding, and next time you can cut the nail a bit shorter. You can repeat this process until the desired length is achieved. Doing this without cutting the quick is of course pretty tricky, and since rabbits have such small nails, it might not be a good option. Using a dremel makes it a little easier/safer, but most rabbits would be scared of the noise.

I also agree that the more often you cut the shorter the quick will get…. As my bunny’s are getting long now too… so that being said PLEASE share what you found works for yours for cutting them as I am about to start driving them an hour round trip to the vet lol

I am having the same issue with BunBun’s nails. She has given me such a hard time with trying to cut them for her that over the past week I’ve noticed that her quicks have gotten quite a bit longer… and she is still giving me a hard time … I’ve managed to get two nails on her back feet done while she is asleep flopped out on the floor mid afternoon… sneaky, I know… but those long nails were just sticking rt out calling me…. but I know that there are only two ways to really get the quick to recede: cutting often or cutting the quick and forcing it to recede back. The second option is simply not an option… I hated having to do that to animals… at either the owners or the shelter’s request when I used to work… I’m not hurting my little girl! Plus it lets in the chance for infections… so I need to try to clip her nails often… even though the fight she gives me these days is the reason why her quicks became so long now. I hope she lets me, bcz hopefully the more often I do her nails, the more quickly she will become used to the process.

I was very happy to see that budget bunny was the first, and so far, only person to clarify the time of day that may be easier for you to cut a bun’s nails… I kept telling myself that I need to make the time to do it when she is in her mid afternoon daily nap time… that way she is less active. But, of course she still hasn’t let me take care of all of them.