How Short To Cut Kitten 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.

How short to cut kitten nails. This is pretty unlikely to happen with cat s nails but if somebody startles or jumps accidents do happen. If you cut the quick of a cat s nail they won t be happy. Watch as i demonstrate a secret technique of trimming a kitten s sharp claws without any help or need to restrain the kitten. Try to orient the clippers so that when the nail is cut the blade cuts from bottom to top.

This will help prevent splitting. Start small when you cut your kitten s nails once you and your kitten are used to feet and toes being handled try cutting a couple of nails. Clipping a cat s nails is no easy task. Cut the nails with the trimmers.

If you do accidentally cut the quick any bleeding can be stopped with a styptic powder or. Hold the cat as described earlier and cut the nails one by one. Tire the kitten out. The soap will plug the vessel and stop the bleeding.

Play with a few. Position the trimmers halfway between the end of the quick and the claw. Inevitably accidents sometimes happen. I have three cats they give three different responses to nail trimming.

Then work until the kitten is comfortable with you touching his or her paws. The best way to cut a kitten s nails easily is to develop a trusting relationship with your kitten. Keeping a struggling cat still while trying to get the clippers around the right nail and making sure not to take off too much is challenging to say the least. There are plenty of ultra close up view.

As kittens grow they discover all their fighting tools including their nails they also discover how much fun it is to climb furniture and bat at toys but what they really need to discover is how to accept you cutting their nails so you can help protect them from the pain of overgrown nails and prevent damage to your furniture and flesh. You don t have to do all of them in one sitting. The pink part of a cat s nail called the quick is where the nerves and blood vessels are. Do not cut this sensitive area.

Jackie our fluffy kitty does not like nail clipping with a passion. Snip only the white part of the claw. How to cut your kitten s nails. If you accidentally cut the nails too short you can use styptic powder or simply use a clean bar of soap and run it under the damaged nail.

Finally snip the nails quickly so the kitty doesn t lose patience and be careful to only trim claws without. Usually if you have made your cat bleed they will be a bit nervous next time so make sure you have lots of treats at the ready and take it slow the next time you try trimming those nails. Flip may flinch once in a while but he is mostly calm and does not move around too much if the person who cuts his nails is gentle and someone he can trust.