How To Cut Kittens Nails At Home

You must cut below that or you will cause pain and bleeding.

How to cut kittens nails at home. Sit her on your lap put a piece of uncooked spaghetti into the clippers and hold them near your cat. Play with a few. You don t have to do all of them in one sitting. Gently squeeze the top and bottom of one toe to extend the nail.

In the below image you can see the area that is safe to cut below the yellow line. Because she s so young her nails are tiny and incredibly sharp. The clippers we use and love. Hold the cat as described earlier and cut the nails one by one.

Tire the kitten out. Watch as i demonstrate a secret technique of trimming a kitten s sharp claws without any help or need to restrain the kitten. You ll see the pink tissue sometimes referred to as the quick in the middle of the nail. This is the area you want to avoid when trimming nails.

This video will show you how easy it is to safely trim or cut your cats claws at home using a regular nail clipper. Try to orient the clippers so that when the nail is cut the blade cuts from bottom to top. Once you and your kitten are used to feet and toes being handled try cutting a couple of nails. Here is how i cut marsha s kitten nails.

Don t try to cut them extremely short just cut the tip off. Cut the nails with the trimmers. In cats simply trim the hook off the end. Your cat should be at ease with the sound of the clippers before you attempt to trim her nails.

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