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yesterday i was clipping her nails and she had a struggling fit and i accidentaly cut her nail to short and she bled a tiny bit.

POOR BEARDIE

Do you grab her toes??? My Beardie hated to have is toes touched (and from what I understand, most of them do)....I would hold him so that his front feet draped over forefinger. (like holding a can of soda). I would then just cut them ONLY using the clippers (I use regular or baby clippers turned on their side). I never touched his feet. I didn't have any problems. If that doesn't work, you ca try to restrain her using a towel. (wrap it tightly around her body making sure her tail is tucked under your arm). She shouldn't be able to struggle so much.
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Hangin with the Herps
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I sneak up on Oolong when he's sleeping. :}
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~Alice

1.0 Bearded Dragon (Oolong)
0.1 ferret (Lil' Guy)
7.4 cats (Angel, Goblin, Hush, Kirin, Sammy, Squee, Toes, Feets, Gypsy, Kana, Raisen)

ive tried getting her without touching her toes that just makes it worse. and ive tried the sleep thing to

Here is an awesome trick to try and works great with my very active dragon who hates his nail clips. Get a very small, thin, dark cloth and place it over your dragon's eyes so it can't see. (You don't have to tie it, just drape it over it's eyes) Or.. if he shakes off the cloth, get someone to literally put a finger over each eye and keep it there to you done. You don't want to press down hard, just enough to keep the eyes closed. Then while the person is "blinding" the dragon, clip his toes. When they can't see, the dragon literally freezes and you can do ANYTHING to them. It's a trick that is used on Iguanas and other lizards that my vet showed me. Hehehe... the trick works so well that my beardie will actually sit still while the vet does his physical. Then when ya done, give him his vision back and a nice big pinkie or cricket as a treat for a job well done. =D HOpe that helps!
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Bearded Dragon x1(Scamp)
Cats x3 (Lelu, Hera, Nite)
Horse x1 (Renegade)

ill definetly trie that