More Gaberooney
Jun. 19th, 2007 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asterrocBad: She's grown afraid of the blue hand towels I use when I towel her for nail trimming. I should try some of the white and other color ones.
Good: The "hold still while I hover my hand over you" training's good for getting her into a towel she's afraid of.
Bad: She won't take seeds from me as rewards/treats while I try to train her. I'm going to have to get her used to that again by first having her eat from my hand when she's hungry, and then hopefully at any time.
Neutral: I have a tendancy to clip her nails less far than I did with Peeper. With Peeper I clipped her nails until they were short enough for me, occasionally hitting the quick and having to use styptic powder to stop the bleeding (though I now understand starch or flour is better, I should fill a film canister and put it in Gabe's supply kit). With Gabe's light toenails I can see the pink shade inside her nails where the vein is, so I'm really nervous about hitting it so I don't clip it back as far as I would've otherwise. I get over this (and did with Peeper too when they got too long) but having the vet clip her nails at her yearly checkup. The vet/techs know better how far is safe, and can quickly respond if it does start bleeding, so they can clip them further than I can, then for the year afterwards I'm essentially attempting to maintain that clip and slowly losing ground, until her next checkup.
Good: The "hold still while I hover my hand over you" training's good for getting her into a towel she's afraid of.
Bad: She won't take seeds from me as rewards/treats while I try to train her. I'm going to have to get her used to that again by first having her eat from my hand when she's hungry, and then hopefully at any time.
Neutral: I have a tendancy to clip her nails less far than I did with Peeper. With Peeper I clipped her nails until they were short enough for me, occasionally hitting the quick and having to use styptic powder to stop the bleeding (though I now understand starch or flour is better, I should fill a film canister and put it in Gabe's supply kit). With Gabe's light toenails I can see the pink shade inside her nails where the vein is, so I'm really nervous about hitting it so I don't clip it back as far as I would've otherwise. I get over this (and did with Peeper too when they got too long) but having the vet clip her nails at her yearly checkup. The vet/techs know better how far is safe, and can quickly respond if it does start bleeding, so they can clip them further than I can, then for the year afterwards I'm essentially attempting to maintain that clip and slowly losing ground, until her next checkup.
