A couple of weeks ago there was a questions about turning the webby back feet on a beaver. The person was told to split them like a lip. Took my first beaver in yesterday. Got to the hind feet and found that my ear openers worked great. I got the pad opened up a bit...inserted the openers.... and wha-la...opened them right to the end. One small hole from me rushing it but other than that no problems. Anyways, just an idea that worked for me.
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That membrane is much like a flying squirrels parasol. It opens readily when you skin the toes out and had you used your fingers instead, you likely would have prevented the holes you got. I never heard of "splitting" them.