Thank you to everyone for the responses to my frightened ferret post. They were great. I need advice again. (I'm a worrier; what can I say) My problem is this: I have a hard time clipping the kids' nails. I know to stay away from the quick (the pink part) of the nail and that they need to be trimmed quite frequently. I hate doing it. Sometime they yelp when I cut even though I am not clipping too deep. Is that normal? Am I doing it wrong? I use the clippers made specifically for ferrets with the rounded tip. Is it possible it could be dull? When I took them to the vet for a check up the vet did it so quick and there wasn't a peep from my fuzzies. I have to do it in a couple days. Any advice would be great. Robin Hegge [Posted in FML issue 4532]