How To Trim Your Kitten S Nails

For now just cut off the very tip of each nail.

How to trim your kitten s nails. Sit her on your lap put a piece of uncooked spaghetti into the clippers and hold them near your cat. Avoid the pinkish quick you can see within the nail. The guillotine type with a circle at the end that encloses the nail and a blade the moves into the circle to cut the nail tip. She s very patient the clippers we use and love.

Here we trim our foster kitten marsha s sharp claws. Clipping tiny kitten nails is no joke. Only trim the white part when trimming your furry friend s nails you may notice that her nails are white on the ends and pink closer to their paw just like human fingernails are pink with white tips. Have your tools ready before you cut your kitten s nails there are generally two types of pet nail clippers.

For a kitten you can use human fingernail clippers or small nail trimmers made for pets. Only clip the white part of the kitten s nail just like you would only clip the white part of yours. Cut the nails with the trimmers. Your cat should be at ease with the sound of the clippers before you attempt to trim her nails.

Hold the cat as described earlier and cut the nails one by one. In this video i demonstrate how to easily and safely trim a kittens claws. Just make sure they re sharp as dull clippers can crush the nail which may be painful. A scissor type that cuts from two sides coming together.

Position the trimmers halfway between the end of the quick and the claw.