How to Cut a Cat's Nails? 🐱 STEP-BY-STEP Guide

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[GatCat]

My cat and I have a very good understanding when I cut his claws. When he’s in his deepest of sleep I start clipping. After 3 clips, he wakes up and starts swinging, we have a bit of a spat about his claws. Then after I’m bleeding a bit, we both decide which nails we aren’t going to cut that day. :)

[PhonesHQ]

Video cat: *patiently allows owners to trim it’s nails*

My cat: *kung fury martial arts and Houdini level escape feats*

[LordKilmir]

Step 1: "Ask a friend or relative to hold your cat"
Well there is the first problem.

[saraabdulaziz]

Me watching things at 4 am when I don’t even have a

[joeyd.]

Both my cats are evidence of starting young...we started both around 8 weeks, not trimming, but starting to play with their paws...the first trimming was a breeze, as it was followed by treats...now, at 3 and 1 1/2, we’re able to clip their nails while they look out the window...keep at it and be consistent, and I promise you won’t have a problem.

[emilylink]

I'm very glad you mentioned the unimaginable harm we do to a cat by declawing them. It's more a defingering!
Don't get a cat if you can't handle a claw :)

[owl.drinks.tequila]

Did it first time today and everything went smoothly im so glad!

[gadsdenflyer]

I haven't trimmed my cat's claws in over ten years now. I have things all over the house for her to scratch (as well as some that were never intended for her to scratch) and she goes to them on a regular basis. Her claws are in great shape and in no way in danger of curling into her pads.

The cat I had before her did need his nails trimmed and he was a BIG strong boy that didn't like it at all. Took a while for me to figure out how to get the job done with out pain and blood. I had to kneel sitting on my feet with him between my legs, while hunched over him. I basically had to body hug him and keep him still. He got treats after every clipping, but it never made it any easier and he was always pissed at me for doing it. Every cat is different.

[rosefitness]

Me watching this video: 👀. my cat: 👁 👄 👁

[Deadshark]

When my kitten was in half sleep..I started cuddling her..I massage her head..and then went to her pawn.. slowly I pulled the claw and trim the tips..she doesn't even know what happened

[AKKK]

Instructions not clear, the cat cut my nails 🤔

[MusiqTruth]

My cat doesn’t like it. He doesn’t bite, but he pulls his paw away. I like the idea of regularly touching the pads of his paw to get him more used to it. I’ll give that a try 😊 thanks!

[niki_bbb]

My cat's is black and long-haired AND doesn't like her claws trimmed, so I only manage to trim her claws for about 1 nanomillimeter :)

[morganolfursson]

I am a vet and this is truly an excellent video. I wish all of my patients' owners watched this. I would gladly have less work. Especially during this time of confinement when i really can't have visits just for clipping cat nails.
Can i please put a link to that video on my clinic's website ?

[junejunejuniejune]

so..I was hoping to actually learn how to cut the actual nail. I think the rest is common sense. How are you holding the clippers, what angle, down or sideways, how close to the quick do you cut?

[Mytowerisaneiffel]

The stray we let in let me trim his claws first try. He’s the sweetest yet most giant cat I’ve ever seen

[AmvzAreAwsome]

I’ve been terrified of clipping my new cat’s nails for months now. She’s very feisty and bites pretty hard on the regular when’s she’s decided that she’s had enough with whoever is touching/petting her. So, I thought nails would be a nightmare. I had the urge today to at least try, so I got out her favorite treat for distraction and tried a toe. No towel, no help as I knew that would just make her more antsy. No issues! I managed to get all four feet! The last foot she was getting tired of me, but no biting/scratching, so I call that a literal miracle! Glad I won’t be as anxious moving forward when it comes to trimming her nails.

[noahbroadway]

I was cutting my cats nails, it went smoothly at first and then we made eye contact for like 4 seconds. She hates people looking into her eyes so when we made eye contact she slapped me and proceeded to run out of my hands. 🥲

[littlefishiesinthese]

Reading these comments, I feel very lucky that my cat lets me cut his nails while snoozing. I just do a few claws at a time over several days and only approach him when he's relaxed and sleepy..but my cat is a pretty chill guy in general :)

[chickybaby]

I think I’m more scared of trimming my cat’s nails than he is of me trimming his nails.