2026. A needed elephant foot trim.

Elephant Care Unchained
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Video Summary
AI GeneratedA professional is performing corrective hoof trimming on an animal to restore normal foot functionality. The process involves cleaning out overgrown nails, addressing cracks, and correcting deformities caused by walking on concrete surfaces. The specialist focuses on creating proper space between the nails and ensuring the pads are healthy to improve the animal's mobility and comfort.
Good honey. You okay, baby?
Yeah, it's okay. It's just...
Did they cut here? Is that what happened here?
Last time we focused on the hooves.
There's a big crack here.
So we started to put it out.
It's still in the process.
All the legs are still in the process,
because the helmet absorbs a lot of weight.
I'm doing this so I can see what's going on here.
The nails are way too long.
And the pads are too thin.
The gross wood is often laid on concrete.
There's space between the nails you want to make,
so the foot can function properly.
I'm going to cut this off.
It's dark in here.
It's okay, honey. Good girl.
Can I get some light?
Good girl, honey.
Good sweetheart. Good girl.
It's okay.
It's high for her. Just give her a break.
She'll put it back. She's just taking a break.
No, no. Same, same.
Same? Yeah, same, same.
Same, same.
Good, honey. That's a good girl.
Very nice girl.
You'll see what happens here.
There'll be a lot of space here when I clean this out.
Good girl, honey.
Just trying to get some normalcy
to these feet.
Again, I'm just trying to see what's going on.
I don't really touch the face too much,
but these are all way overgrown anyway,
so it doesn't matter if you
file the face.
Okay.
I'm going to come this way.
It's just so dark in here.
I can't see very well.
Thank you.
Perfect.
And you'll see, guys, how much space
will be in between these nails.
Can't do much more there.
Good girl, honey.
The nails go way back.
Okay.
They go way back, the nails.
See?
Good girl, sweetie. It's okay, baby. Good girl.
You're going kind of fast here.
Could use some more water on that one.
Yeah, just to make it soft.
I'll clean it up.
You can just do the whole foot.
It's okay. Do the whole foot.
Can you just hold those?
Sure.
Yeah, hold that. Thank you.
Yeah, don't cut yourself. Thank you.
So it's not...
I don't see actually anything
major, which is a good thing,
which gives us
some hope, okay?
They just need to be trimmed more proper,
but I don't see an abscess on this foot,
so
I'm just trying to clean it up and
get some normal
functionality to it.
Okay.
The other foot?
Okay.
And I'm just going to clean it up a little bit more here,
and then we'll go jump on the abscess and have a look.
That way, if we need to come back...
Good girl, sweetheart.
You're being very good, honey bunny.
Good girl.
That's a good girl.
Such a nice girl you are.
Good, honey bunny.
Don't swipe me, baby.
I need my legs.
Good, honey.
Just trying to make some space.
Ideally, you want good space between these two nails,
and you can see how when she rocks, you can see...
What about the pad, because there is this...
Don't worry, pad's okay. Pad's thick.
This crack?
It's going here.
I'll get...
I'll open it up.
But this is the crack, or this is the...
No, they trimmed here. This is the front foot,
so there'll be no urine burn here.
This is the front foot. They trimmed this, I see.
I thought it was from swaying, but it goes too far back for swaying.
But if you look here, you see how these nails go this way?
Yeah.
That's from swaying.
See? This should be straight,
and these should be teardropped with Asian feet.
Straight, teardropped,
and then I'm going to make good space here.
Then they can move freely, but it's like this because...
Yeah.
So the nail grows that way.
That's what we're looking at.
I'm just trying to touch up a little bit,
and you can see it's all overgrown, rasped.
Thank you.
If you look straight,
you see how it goes this way?
It should be straight, and that's because she sways on the concrete.
Right?
So the concrete is very bad, yeah?
And then I'll just make a little bit of space here.
Good girl, honey.
I know, a little tickle, huh?
It's okay, I know.
It's okay.
You didn't like that.
One more time, and then we'll do the other one.
I just want to do...
I want to hit that crack.
Just give her a second because it's kind of high for her.
Give her a sec.
Let her rest.
You ready, baby?
Let's see this one.
You're a good girl, honey.
Okay?
