no you cant clip there nails.. i end up with scratch's from mine all the time.. Here's our male spaz try holding him with these wolverine like claws lol I tell him way to be a super hero lol.. I think he took it literally lmao..







This is how many we had all at one time lol Were up to 9 now as it is.. 3 baby RES and a baby mud turtle.. Plus the adults up there^^^