How To Cut Kittens Nails At Home

The quick is the pink area within the nail where the nerves and blood vessels are similar to the area underneath our nails.

How to cut kittens nails at home. And then cut a couple while giving the same verbal or food rewards and encouragement as before. This video will show you how easy it is to safely trim or cut your cats claws at home using a regular nail clipper. Hold the cat as described earlier and cut the nails one by one. You must cut below that or you will cause pain and bleeding.

There are plenty of ultra close up view. Mike will walk you through steps and tell yo. You don t have to do all of them in one sitting. The clippers we use and love.

Cut the nails with the trimmers. Once you and your kitten are used to feet and toes being handled try cutting a couple of nails. Position the trimmers halfway between the end of the quick and the claw. Don t try to cut them extremely short just cut the tip off.

In cats simply trim the hook off the end. In the below image you can see the area that is safe to cut below the yellow line. Sit her on your lap put a piece of uncooked spaghetti into the clippers and hold them near your cat. Because she s so young her nails are tiny and incredibly sharp.

Gently squeeze the top and bottom of one toe to extend the nail. You ll see the pink tissue sometimes referred to as the quick in the middle of the nail. In how to trim your cat s nails video we learn how to trim or cut your cats nails and why this is important. Play with a few.

Here is how i cut marsha s kitten nails.