Hi I struggled with ear cleaning/nail clipping etc for a while and then had a brain wave and now I have no trouble!!! I smear a little ferretone or ferretvite on the edge of a shelf (at about my chest height) then I hold the ferret over my left arm (with their nose level with the ferretone/vite) and hold the foot (for nail clipping) in my left hand. I then manage to clip all the claws while the ferret is totally distracted licking off the ferretone/vite. It works for me. Hope this helps Jane Woozle and Hamish "Hey where'd my nails go?" [Posted in FML issue 3371]