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02-Mar-08, 04:14 PM
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hi, this is first post on this forum.
i am going to get a blue tongue soon (my first reptile!) and i need some advice. i've already checked out bluetongueskinks.net and i need some help about toenail clipping. how do you sterilize toenail clippers? i'll be very grateful if someone helped me out. 
cheers,
Victor |
02-Mar-08, 04:20 PM
|  | instant karma Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: melbourne Age/Gender: 24  | | | Hey Victor sterilize the clippers by using boiling hot water i'm sure that will be sufficient for your bluey..that is if you ever need to. put bark/wood in the enclosure to help file the nails down naturally..Good luck with your bluey  cheers
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02-Mar-08, 04:32 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Deeral, Queensland Age/Gender: 32 | | | | Hi and welcome VTZHANG. |
02-Mar-08, 04:44 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: VIC Gender: | | | | thanks!
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03-Mar-08, 04:04 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Newcastle Age/Gender: 25 | | | | Hi mate! Welcome! I use a product called F10. Its a vet grade disinfectant. Unless you have access to an autoclave to sterilize your instruments best practice would be to use a safe disinfectant. It is easy to use just dilute it down, spray it on and leave to dry or wipe away or rinse. I use it on all my instruments, enclosures, water bowls, food bowl, furniture etc etc. Additionally it leaves no residual smell and I was informed, when I rang the phone number on the bottle, that it is 100% safe to use for reptiles and amphibians and, infact, contains certain substances used as medication in treating respiratory infections in reptiles. |
12-Mar-08, 06:15 PM
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heyy i have a baby bluey, about 3 months old and still very small and fragile, im not exactly sure how long nails are suppose to be but my blueys seem to be fairly long and growing, its very difficult to cut them as the legs are so fragile and i feel i will break them so i havnt tried. are there any techniques that could help me? Cheers |
17-Mar-08, 10:26 PM
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17-Mar-08, 11:01 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-07 Location: Melbourne Gender: | | | | a good thing to do is do it early in the morning before you turn on its heating, that way its cold so slow and sluggish in movements. that way if he squirms you get plenty of warning.
Id only advise this if your skink is completly comfortable around you too. | |
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