How To Cut My Kitten S Claws
Try to avoid getting frustrated.
How to cut my kitten s claws. If you accidentally nick the claw s quick this is likely to bleed a lot and really put your cat off letting you do it again so be very careful. Just make sure they re sharp as dull clippers can crush the nail which may be painful. The quick contains blood vessels and nerve endings so cutting it would cause your kitten to protest in pain. Hold the trimmers in one hand and the cat s paw in the other.
For a kitten you can use human fingernail clippers or small nail trimmers made for pets. This video will show you how easy it is to safely trim or cut your cats claws at home using a regular nail clipper. Gently push the toe to extend the claw and then just nip off the very end of it so that the tip is blunted without being cut overly short. This will help prevent splitting.
Hold the cat as described earlier and cut the nails one by one. For now just cut off the very tip of each nail. If you do accidentally cut the quick don t worry your kitten will be fine. It s better to be cautious and cut.
Stop the bleeding with some styptic powder and if you don t have. Try to orient the clippers so that when the nail is cut the blade cuts from bottom to top. The pink part of a cat s nail called the quick is where the nerves and blood vessels are. Cut the nails with the trimmers.
Do not cut this sensitive area. Your cat may protest meow and try to scratch you but don t yell at your cat or rush through the process or you may end up hurting it and scaring it away having its. Once the claw is out have a look at it. Christianne schelling and charlie the cat show you how to trim your cat s claws.
There are plenty of ultra close up view. Position the trimmers halfway between the end of the quick and the claw. Avoid the pinkish quick you can see within the nail. Snip only the white part of the claw.
The quick contains both blood and nerve supplies to the nail so be prepared for a bit of bleeding and protesting if you cut it.