How To Cut Your Kittens Claws

The best way to trim a cat s claws is by placing her in your lap and waiting until she is comfortable.

How to cut your kittens claws. Cut the nails with the trimmers. Hold the trimmers in one hand and the cat s paw in the other. Use your thumb and forefinger to gently press on the cats toes so that the claws extend one at a time. This video will show you how easy it is to safely trim or cut your cats claws at home using a regular nail clipper.

Check to see how much of a trim her nails need and notice where. Give the cat a treat and repeat. If you do accidentally cut the quick don t worry your kitten will be fine. How to trim kitten claws.

Once the claw is out have a look at it. It will mostly be clear but a few millimeters into the claw right after the curve you will see it begin to get cloudly on the bottom side. Get the right supplies trimming a kitten s claws is just as easy as trimming your own nails but you will need a special cat nail trimmer. You want to make sure that you are using cat nail trimmers and not a human nail trimmer as using the wrong tool may result in an injury to the kitten.

The quick contains blood vessels and nerve endings so cutting it would cause your kitten to protest in pain. There are plenty of ultra close up view. Cut off the very tip of the nail and avoid the pinkish area called the quick. Position the trimmers halfway between the end of the quick and the claw.

Hold the cat as described earlier and cut the nails one by one. Try to orient the clippers so that when the nail is cut the blade cuts from bottom to top.