How to trim your cats claws

By sesamestreet123

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Hate it when your cat's claws get to sharp but dont want to be cruel and declaw it simply trim his or her claws

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

A pair of cat nailclippers, if you dont have any you can just use people nailclippers
A cat
Another person would probably help

Step1

Calm and soothe your kitty with your clippers close by

Step2

Rub his or her paws just to get them used to you touching their feet

Step3

Press on their paw to make their claws go out

Step4

Make sure you DO NOT cut the quick of your cats claws because it will start bleeding and hurt the cat, the quick is the pink part of the claw

Step5

Cut each claw until it is about at the quick

Step6

If your cat starts to get angry give him or her a break and cut the rest later

Tips & Warnings

Put a towel over his of her head to calm down
If you have two people around get one person to hold the cat ond one to cut the claws
if you are using nailclippers make sure you use toenail clippers
DO NOT cut the quick of the nail or it will start bleeding
There is a good chance that your cat will scratch you or struggle so bring bandaids

Comments

dollface said

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on 6/21/2007 Petite (our little 7 year old Persian) now is completely amenable..well most of the time..to getting 'daddy' to 'do' her mani and pedi - cure. Sometimes if she is a little rangy though we just do the front claws and leave the back ones for another day. She knows there are treats coming at the end, and we praise her to the hilt the entire time, and that makes the process easier too. Good advice from the EXpert. Anyone seen that joke about 'how to give your cat a pill??' hilarious!

jcar said

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on 6/3/2007 I find that when you use your method, my cat gives in and lets me cut his nails. Good stuff.

JohanM said

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on 5/22/2007 good one, you should write an article on how to give your cat a bath, everytime I did it to my cat she would make sounds that were straight from the movie "The Excorsist." We tried to get her used to it as a kitten, but like most cats, she has a mind of her own haha.

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