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#1843062
Chelleb
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Advice on claws 
Hi I have a 3year old B/W Argentine, i have had him for about 41/2 months and his claws are real sharp, is it safe to trim them as its hard to find a vet to deal with him where i live? he is in real good health apart from that ?
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08/26/08 01:08pm
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#1843186
Coults
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Message To: Chelleb In reference to Message Id: 1843062
Advice on claws
hey, yeah its fine to trim them you just have to make sure you dont take to much of and hit a blood vessel, get some help. someone to hold him so he cant moveand the other person to trim, just take of the point
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08/26/08 03:39pm
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#1844133
Mike S
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Message To: Coults In reference to Message Id: 1843186
Advice on claws
Instead of trimming them, you should have something in there that will ware their nails down, OR use a nail file to file the nails into a rounded shape..
For all the animals ive ever kept whether birds, dogs, or herps ive always filed, never trimmed .. because even although you dont hit the blood vessel there are very sensitive nerves around the vessels and even though your animal doesnt bleed, it still feels the pain.
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08/27/08 01:22pm
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#1844207
Chelleb
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Message To: Mike S In reference to Message Id: 1844133
Advice on claws
what would you advise i put down?, i am struggling to find any one who knows anything about tegus in my locality, i am lucky i got him as some crazy dude used him as a part ex at the local petshop for a bird???
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08/27/08 02:57pm
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#1846046
Coults
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Message To: Chelleb In reference to Message Id: 1844207
Advice on claws
i agree with Mike but if hes claws are long now maybe get them trimmed and make sure your tegu has plenty of rocks and things to keep hes claws worn down so you wont have to trim them again
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08/29/08 11:53am
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#1846699
Greentriple
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Message To: Coults In reference to Message Id: 1846046
Advice on claws
I’m not sure what people mean by putting something down that will allow a Tegu to trim its own nails. I suggest filing, trimming can result in you cutting the quick. If you do cut it have some quickstop on hand to stop the bleeding, it should be fine.
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08/29/08 11:50pm
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#1848580
Mike S
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Message To: Greentriple In reference to Message Id: 1846699
Advice on claws
Greentriple, as in rocks... my enclosure has decent size rocks (that cannot be consumed) jammed by his swimming pool so when he gets in and out it shapes his nails.. so i only file them once in a while.
And although quickstop works exceptionally well, why induce unnecessary pain to your herp, when its very easily avoidable?
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09/01/08 11:07am
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Ameivaboy
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Message To: Mike S In reference to Message Id: 1848580
Advice on claws
or you can just let your tegu have sharp claws as nature intended, really if you cant handle a few scratches why are you keeping large lizards??? Then again I forgot tegus are quickly becoming the "lap dogs" of the herpetocultural community, it’s quite a shame. The only time you should "trim" or "file" the nails is when it begins to pose an issue for the animal itself, not a wimpy owner who cant deal with a little pain.
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09/01/08 12:13pm
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