He is so concerned about anything touching his nails that it requires sneaky tactics. While he is sitting still, I keep one hand over his eyes. With my other hand I maneuver the cautery's wire tip to each toe nail on his hands and then his feet. Never cutting through the nail, just a light touch on the nail's point to flatten the point. However, you must use fresh batteries or the wire tip hesitates to get red hot rendering the tool ineffective.
Battery life depends on the size of the iguana's toe nails.
If the power button is stuck on, the unit will melt down and may cause a fire. When you need to use it, just push the tip back into the front of the unit. It pops on or off very easily by gripping the white or red plastic part of the wire tip. Most iguana lovers enjoy viewing this video because it demonstrates how wonderful and personable the lizard's can be and the world saw it too. This video captures the lizards at their TV best, posing for photo sessions, living it up at the house, on the streets, at the beach, at the TV studios.