Considering the age and size of the "patient", I would get one of the clicker training books, and use those principles to teach Hormel to let you handle his legs and feet and then to file the hooves. It may take a little more time, but will be easier on all concerned not to have a wrestling match. And, the job will be easier the next time. Teach in small increments, and if he's really good about one lesson, quit there, while you are ahead! Since he's gone 2 years without trimming, another few weeks won't kill him. If you know a farrier, ask for a file he considers worn out - it will be plenty sharp enough for your sometime job, just not for his full-time work. If farriers aren't among your acquaintances, then any feed store or tack store should have blacksmith files, but they are pricey as I recall. If you can, put a handle on it - that narrow tang has sharp edges. And wear gloves - new files are SHARP!

For years I have had this beautiful little flower--I love them. They edge one of my flower beds. They are biennial but you will have flowers next year. They bloom in the spring to early summer and drop their seeds. It sprouts and grows for the summer and the next year they flower. I live in zone 3 so you could probably do this earlier. Around about the end of April I dig out the plants and separate them into clumps--singles are tucked into the clumps too. I leave a space between them to put a low growing annual. They transplant very well. This way I have a nice edging all spring and summer

Sahoy: Be sure never to get in the position I am in - ordering 1000 crickets every other week!! I have special 12" tweezers made for picking up crickets. They don't hurt the crickets at all (unless you squeeze too hard!). I only use them to handfeed certain animals, but you could definatly use them to avoid touching the crickets. If I were you, I would go to petsmart once weekly and buy a few dozen crickets. You could keep them in a plastic critter cage and use the tweezers to transfer some to the the frogs' cage daily. When you run out of crickers, you could take a day to clean the cage with hot water and then re-stock your supply. I honestly don't know why everyone makes such a big deal about the crickets. Yeah, they're gross, but it's not rocket science. In my experience, you just need to keep the crickets alive in their cage with plenty of food and water, and then clean and re-stock the cage when you run out. It's that simple. BTW, my firebelly eats up 3/4th inch crickets, has no UV light, and is has been going on strong for 5 years now.

I don't really diet any more but I do pay pretty close attention to what I eat. I watch my weight closely and if I creep up more than 4-5 lbs I make sure I lose it before things get out of control. When I got an iPhone I got an app for tracking exercise and what I eat. This was really enlightening and I think important as others have said. The app I use shows how many calories you can have based on age, weight, exercise, etc. I was amazed at how little you can eat if you don't want to gain weight. I mean you really have to stick to a healthy diet and control portion size. Fortunately I eat pretty healthy to start with or I'd be doomed. I find exercise is becoming more and more important to my weight control which is of course no surprise.