How Far To Cut Kitten Nails

How to trim your cat s nails.

How far to cut kitten nails. Have your tools ready before you cut your kitten s nails there are generally two types of pet nail clippers. Luckily cats tend to have clear white nails so you should be able to see the pink area or quick at the base beginning of the nail where the blood supply is. Check your cat s nails once a week. Clipping tiny kitten nails is no joke.

If your cat didn t. Cut the nails with the trimmers. The quick is living tissue and you should avoid it at all costs. Cutting down to the quick will cause pain to the cat as well as bleeding.

Check to see how much of a trim her nails need and notice where the quick begins. Pretend to trim by applying slight pressure to your cat s toes and then offer a treat. Don t try to cut them extremely short just cut the tip off. You will want to cut beyond that point to avoid discomfort or bleeding.

It is better to trim small increments often than take off too much and cause injury. She s very patient the clippers we use and love. In cats simply trim the hook off the end. Now trim only the sharp tip of one nail release your cat s toe and quickly give her a treat.

Tire the kitten out. The quick is the pink area within the nail where the nerves and blood vessels are similar to the area underneath our nails. This is the area you want to avoid when trimming nails. Use a file on the soft toenails of a kitten.

They are basic and cheap. This is less likely to cause pain or bleeding. 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.

Hold the cat as described earlier and cut the nails one by one. I tend to only trim 1 2 millimeters off the claws at a time.