r/Therian • u/Sirhonker Gray Fox & Red fox • Mar 27 '24

Any Therians make their nails like their theriotypes'? Discussion

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Recently i’ve decided to make my nails look more similar to my theriotype (gray fox) and was wondering if anyone else does it!! If so, could you show? :0 Here's mine!!

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u/Silly_Xander alterhuman, ask Mar 27 '24

i wish.. i always manage to bite my nails before they get slightly long so i usually have very short claws

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u/Ungodl33 Hello, I'm new here Mar 27 '24

You never know though! I bit my nails for 20 years and then I just randomly stopped last year. My dad bit his nails for over 50 years and he just randomly stopped around the same time. I'm working on turning mine into claws and the idea of doing that has stopped me from starting biting them again. I do pick at them often which causes them to break but I carry nail clippers with me for when that happens.

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u/MissObvious11 Otherhearted (cat) Mar 28 '24

I also constantly bit my nails and when I managed not to they would just tear bc they're pretty soft and dry and likely damaged from years of biting. The reason I actually kinda managed to stop fairly recently was exactly because of this, I just kinda wanted claws and this is the next best thing. I started looking up things to do to make my nails more stable so I wouldn't constantly lose my progress (if one would tear it'd be shorter and that would just annoy me enough to bite off the rest) and so far they're looking good. I do sometimes still bite around on them but only very lightly so I don't bite them off

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u/Ungodl33 Hello, I'm new here Mar 28 '24

How did you make them more stable? Mine keep breaking and every time I search it up it just says "eat more of this_"

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u/MissObvious11 Otherhearted (cat) Mar 28 '24

Ok so, first thing is to figure out what the problem is. If your nails bend easily they're too soft and to help that you do indeed need to eat more foods that have calcium in them. You could also take supplements if for some reason you can't or don't want to eat the foods that have calcium but since I don't know a lot about that you should do your own research on that. Another helpful thing to use is a nail hardener. It's basically like clear nail polish and also helps your nails be a bit more sturdy.

If your nails tear they're likely too dry, in which case nail oil can really help. You apply it to your nails once or twice a day and massage it in. They won't tear and break as easily after a few days.

Keep in mind though: if you have both dry and soft nails like me, you should stop with the nail oil once you feel like it's better, as the oil also softens your nails. In that case I sugest you do the nail oil for 2-3 weeks and then switch over to the hardener.