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Do you clip the beardies nails? If so anyone got a link or some helpful tips on what to do? THanks for you time

I have never clipped any of my Beardies nails. Instead I provide flat rocks, bricks and logs, which allows their nails to wear down naturally. I think it comes down to personnel choice weather you clip the nails or not. I simply do not do it because I'm afraid of clipping to close to the toe, which I would imagine would be painful to the animal. However I'm sure their are safe ways to perform nail clipping on beardies, hopefully another forum member can give some insight.
-Ryan

best way to keep nails trimmed is providing rough surfaces in the cage, such as rocks, tiles, wood, etc. However, if the nails still get too long they can be clipped using either a sharp human nail clipper or cat nail clippers. Just snip off the tip and avoid cutting into the 'quick' of the nail (this is the 'live' part of the nail where blood vessels etc are present. Cutting into here will be painful and cause bleeding).

With most bearded dragon claws, you can see the quick if you view the nail from the side (usually a pinkish mass inside the nail).
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PHLdyPayne

Thanks for the help

Here's an article. Normally I do as they say, just cut off the smaller tip. For most of mine I never have to clip them at all because of tile basking spots once I clip them the first time.

One of my females just woke up after a 5 1/2 month brumation. Her nails were incredible. They were so long she could hardly walk on a solid surface. I had to cut off way more than just the tip but I could see where I could cut back to safely, because she is hypomelonistic, and luckily had no problems.

http://www.examiner.com/x-2178-Baltimore-Exotic-Animals-Examiner~y2008m12d29-Clipping-reptile-nails

Thanks for the help