My sister and I just trimmed Joy's nails for the first time by ourselves. Joy is such a trooper!! I wish I had some fantastic magic treat for her, because she didn't want any of the ones I offered. Joy came to me with her nails very overgrown, and we've been trimming them back a little at a time. Today one was trimmed just a taaaad too short and bled a little, but we had styptic swabs ready on standby. We gave her a break between each foot and she seemed a little bewildered, but happy. She got a good pinch on my finger but not enough for it to bruise. She received lots of praise and scritches and left the ordeal in a good mood, although her feathers got a little messy, hee hee! She is currently asleep on her playstand...the stress must've knocked her out! Lol What a good birdie!