What should you do when your guinea pig breaks a nail?

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you should check that it has not broken the blood circulation, if it has, bathe it in warm, salt water and keep it clean. If it hasn't, don't worry!!

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if there is blood coming out of the nail, it has broken the blood circulation.

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If its bleeding, a powder available from the pet shop such as quickstop will stem the flow. If you can't get to a pet shop then corn flour can make a pretty good substitute. Crumble some into a bottle top and dip the bleeding nail into it

Answer 2

Normally if the 'nails' are bleeding it's due to a trim that cut into the quick. When clipping a dogs nail's it is important to keep the cut below the quick....it hurts and bleeds if you get too short. Much easier to do this on white/clear nails as the quick is clearly seen. On black nails it's more a bit of trial and error, easiest there to snip very short amounts, checking as you cut to make sure it's not too short. I use a styptic pencil to stop bleeding if i do nip too short, my vet does as well. There are, i am sure, other products one could use.