How To Cut My Kittens Nails

A scissor type that cuts from two sides coming together.

How to cut my kittens nails. Cut the nails with the trimmers. Tardis absolutely hates getting his nails trimmed so he was the perfect cat to u. The first step is to get some treats make the whole experience positive and don t feel like you need to be a hero and trim all the nails at once. This will help prevent splitting.

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. Start with one reward and come back later if you or your pet is nervous. The quick is the pink area within the nail where the nerves and blood vessels are similar to the area underneath our nails. Vet tech anne is back at it again this time with our resident cat tardis.

This is the area you want to avoid. For a kitten you can use human fingernail clippers or small nail trimmers made for pets. Try to avoid getting frustrated. Check to see how much of a trim her nails need and notice where.

The guillotine type with a circle at the end that encloses the nail and a blade the moves into the circle to cut the nail tip. Trimming a cat s nails can be downright painful with blood loss on both sides. Don t try to cut them extremely short just cut the tip off. The following 15 tips will help make nail trims with your kitty an easy task.

However it doesn t have to be that way. It is personal preference which you prefer to use. 1 take breaks don t try to do all four feet at once. Try to orient the clippers so that when the nail is cut the blade cuts from bottom to top.

However both types of clippers can seem awfully big and can make it difficult to actually see the nail when cutting a cat s nails let alone a kitten. For now just cut off the very tip of each nail. Have your tools ready before you cut your kitten s nails there are generally two types of pet nail clippers. Just make sure they re sharp as dull clippers can crush the nail which may be painful.

Position the trimmers halfway between the end of the quick and the claw. In cats simply trim the hook off the end. Stop the bleeding with some styptic powder and if you don t have. Besides trimming their nails while they are asleep you can also try to feed them treats such as mayonnaise slather some on their nose they d be too busy licking off the treats to worry about having their nails trimmed.

Hold the cat as described earlier and cut the nails one by one. However if your cat is as resistant as my kitty jackie the nail trimming while asleep technique should work the best.