Actually, cats need sharp nails, which can enhance the cat’s climbing ability. The nails that have just been cut bald by you may be re-sharpened in a week or so. This is its way of life and it is inevitable.
Regular nail clipping methods
Frequency of nail clipping
The cat has 5 nails on each front limb and 4 nails on each hind limb. The forepaw nails are sharp. The cat will actively grind the forepaw nails. The cut nails may be sharp again after a week. The forepaws are cut about once a week.
The cat’s back scratching nails are blunt and generally cannot hurt people. To avoid accidents, the back scratching nails can be trimmed slightly, and the hind paws can be used once a month.
Regular nail clipping method
Bring an Elizabethan ring
Bring a cat The upper Elizabethan ring prevents bites and can also be secured with a sling.
Fix the front limbs
Pinch the front limbs together, press the 2 paws with the left hand against the cat’s armpit;
Fix the hind limbs
right hand Pinch the cat’s hind limbs together and clamp them with their knees;
Observe the nails
Adjust the posture of the left hand and pinch gently Cat paw pads
squeeze out nails. Observe the blood line of the cat’s nails and avoid cutting the inside of the blood line.
Observe the growth direction of the cat’s nails. The cat’s nails are similar to elliptical columns. The nails are divided into thick and thin long and short axes. The long axis is very long and thick, and the short axis is very thin. It is not easy to cut the nails along the thin surface.
Nail clipping
Nail clipper is 2mm along the outer side of the blood line, and the cutting edge of the nail clipping is perpendicular to the thin surface.
The nail clipping should be steady and fast, and try to finish it within 5 minutes.
If you are a novice, it is best to have two people to operate, one to fix the cat, and the other to cut the nails.
How to get cats to like cutting their nails
Food Rewards
Specific foods When the cat is cutting nails as a reward, it is best not to eat it at ordinary times. The key to the food reward method is that the reward cannot be flooded.
If you usually eat cat food, you can give the cat nutritional cream during the nail clipping process. Open the nutritional paste on the table, and squeeze out some nutritional paste for the cat after each nail clipping.
After a period of training, cats will look forward to cutting their nails, especially when there are a few cats, only those who cut their nails quietly can eat, compete and learn from the same class, and they will adapt faster, and also will be more obedient.
Buddha nail clipping
The key to Buddha nail clipping is to choose the right time, and don’t force it To cut your cat’s nails, you don’t take the initiative to cut your cat’s nails, but cut it when the cat sticks to you.
The cat raised since childhood is very clingy and needs you every day to play with or pet it. When the cat is clinging to you, you can try to trim the cat’s nails, the cat will be very patient.
The habit is developed slowly and gradually. You can cut it every day. You can only cut 1-2 pieces at a time. If the cat is impatient during the nail cutting process, stop it immediately.
The cat is clingy and sometimes really annoying, so trim its nails immediately, this is a multi-pronged approach.
