| Nibbie's Foot Problem
I noticed just a short while ago that she has been hopping around like a rabbit, I know that in 99% of cases that means scurvy but I know for a fact she has been eating enough vegetables with Vit. C in them. I also noticed she hasn't been putting pressure on her right foot, that explains the hopping; she isn't using her right foot. I've had her for about a year and a half and havn't had trouble clipping her nails until recently, I'm not sure what her problem is. Her inside toe on the right forefoot is curled in, possibly poking into her foot pad. I've clipped a small amount off the toenail, but since she is so skittish she jerks away, and I am afraid I may cut her pad or even worse, her whole toe.
So this brings me to an uncomfortable situation... The closest vet near my residence that actually knows squat about guinea pigs is over an hour away. Due to gas prices, my mom doesn't want to make the trip to see if the vet can get that toenail.
I have tried wrapping her in a towel, feeding her, having her upside down, having someone ELSE hold her, nothing is working! I have a brick in their cage but I think her toenail is too long for it to be doing any good.
I did think that if I brought her to the general vet very close to my house, there may be a sedative that he/I could give her. That way I personally could get her toenail withought hurting her. I really don't want that toenail to penitrate the footpad! Bumblefoot/infection is not in my agenda! Are there any SAFE sedatives that could just calm her? Or does anyone else have any ideas?
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