1. Immersion: Before cutting the tortoise's nails, you need to soak it in warm water. The water temperature should be controlled at about 35-40 ℃. Do not use too deep water. The water level should be 1 cm high. It is best to just pass its plastron.Soak for 20 minutes to soften the nails for easy trimming.
2. Manicure: Prepare a thick cotton cloth and cover its head with water to prevent it from struggling.Then the nail to the light, take a look at the inside of the situation, there are black blood vessels can not be cut, can only cut off the front transparent and translucent part, after trimming to polish with sandpaper.
3. Nail inspection: The reason why you want to cut its nails is that it will affect its activities after the nails become longer, and it will also increase the possibility of bacterial infection.After trimming, you need to put it on the flat ground and let it crawl to see if the nail is in place, and if it is still uneven, you need to trim the specific place again.
To the tortoise nail clipping, it must be up and down to cut, do not cut left and right, otherwise it will be painful struggle.If the nail is too long, it has become cylindrical, it needs to be repaired bit by bit, do not touch the blood vessels, if trimmed too much, it will easily lead to breakage, or even bleeding and inflammation.If you cut it carelessly, you need to use Yunnan Baiyao to stop bleeding, and apply erythromycin ointment after iodine disinfection.
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