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#21
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: West Central Wisconsin
Posts: 104
Have 3 cats I have never trimmed their nails. We have multiple scratching posts they they all use. Furniture and drapes are let alone. My problem is plants or now lack of them. They all like to either eat them or sit in them.
#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Winter/South Florida;Summer/anywhere & everywhere North
Posts: 578
I've always taught my cats to like being held in my lap with their back to me. I just play with their paws & tummy until they want to be held on a regular basis. Then use human baby clippers or even regular size ones depending on the size of your cat. And then my favorite part - recite "This little piggy went to market" as you do it :-D
#23
My DD has 13 cats (I think, :roll: ), 6 out and 7 in. She clips inside every 2 weeks and out once a month or so.
If I am doing the clipping, I put the cats back end under my left armpit, grab paw with left hand, press pad down, clip nails on that paw, move to next paw. For the back paws, I reverse the procedure and put the head under my armpit and clip. Of course you can't do this with a cat that will fight as they may bite , so, here's pics of how I hold while DD clips for those persnickety cats.
You can't be scared of grabbing the scruff of the neck and holding tight. Gently pull the cats head back towards you sllightly so they cannot get at person trimming. See how I use my forearm to hold down the rear end and legs to keep the cat from using rear legs to push off or scratch? This is painless, you are in control, and as soon as person is done trimming, gently release as you are petting cat and scratching scruff and usually they just walk away. DD and I have never been bitten or scratched this way and we have trimmed thousands of cats when we worked the shelter. Piece of cake.
If I am doing the clipping, I put the cats back end under my left armpit, grab paw with left hand, press pad down, clip nails on that paw, move to next paw. For the back paws, I reverse the procedure and put the head under my armpit and clip. Of course you can't do this with a cat that will fight as they may bite , so, here's pics of how I hold while DD clips for those persnickety cats.
You can't be scared of grabbing the scruff of the neck and holding tight. Gently pull the cats head back towards you sllightly so they cannot get at person trimming. See how I use my forearm to hold down the rear end and legs to keep the cat from using rear legs to push off or scratch? This is painless, you are in control, and as soon as person is done trimming, gently release as you are petting cat and scratching scruff and usually they just walk away. DD and I have never been bitten or scratched this way and we have trimmed thousands of cats when we worked the shelter. Piece of cake.
#24
Originally Posted by wvdek
My DD has 13 cats (I think, :roll: ), 6 out and 7 in. She clips inside every 2 weeks and out once a month or so.
If I am doing the clipping, I put the cats back end under my left armpit, grab paw with left hand, press pad down, clip nails on that paw, move to next paw. For the back paws, I reverse the procedure and put the head under my armpit and clip. Of course you can't do this with a cat that will fight as they may bite , so, here's pics of how I hold while DD clips for those persnickety cats.
You can't be scared of grabbing the scruff of the neck and holding tight. Gently pull the cats head back towards you sllightly so they cannot get at person trimming. See how I use my forearm to hold down the rear end and legs to keep the cat from using rear legs to push off or scratch? This is painless, you are in control, and as soon as person is done trimming, gently release as you are petting cat and scratching scruff and usually they just walk away. DD and I have never been bitten or scratched this way and we have trimmed thousands of cats when we worked the shelter. Piece of cake.
If I am doing the clipping, I put the cats back end under my left armpit, grab paw with left hand, press pad down, clip nails on that paw, move to next paw. For the back paws, I reverse the procedure and put the head under my armpit and clip. Of course you can't do this with a cat that will fight as they may bite , so, here's pics of how I hold while DD clips for those persnickety cats.
You can't be scared of grabbing the scruff of the neck and holding tight. Gently pull the cats head back towards you sllightly so they cannot get at person trimming. See how I use my forearm to hold down the rear end and legs to keep the cat from using rear legs to push off or scratch? This is painless, you are in control, and as soon as person is done trimming, gently release as you are petting cat and scratching scruff and usually they just walk away. DD and I have never been bitten or scratched this way and we have trimmed thousands of cats when we worked the shelter. Piece of cake.
#25
I think a cat that isn't friendly enough to be held and handled isn't going to let you get the dremmel close, it's the noise, and you can't use that very long because it makes the nail get hot. My cat goes outside enough to keep his nails in shape but my husband's little bitch dog.......... she's like fighting a bear to do her nails!
#26
Originally Posted by feline fanatic
I am very fortunate in that I got them used to it as kittens. 3 out of my 5 will allow me to set them on their backs in my lap and I can easily extend claw by pushing on toe pad and snip with pet nail trimmers, the kind that look kind of like scissors but have a guard so you don't cut off too much. The other 2 I have to stand them on a counter and hold one paw up at a time while I have their body snugged up under my arm to keep squirming and moving about at a minimum and I must do those with regular people nail trimmers. If any of them get to antsy I stop. I only trim front claws regularly, back claws rarely need it. My one cat loves to have his front paws touched and massaged and messed around with so he is a dream to trim, I don't even have to hold him, just plop him belly up on my lap and snip snip snip.
Sometimes during petting time if you softly touch paws and massage the paws they will get more used to having you touch them for trimming claws.
Sometimes during petting time if you softly touch paws and massage the paws they will get more used to having you touch them for trimming claws.
#27
Others have all given you advice, I haven't read them but I'll add my 2 cents worth anyway. I didn't like that battery run thing --- the sandpaper thing on it was too rough. Cats hated it. I started with my cats when they were first brought home. I use the clippers like in the picture above, but I sit on the bed, one foot on the floor, and the other leg curled toward the leg that's on the floor. The cat fits in my lap on their back. Every Sunday morning, it's nail clipping time. Here's the point I want to make...no matter HOW you do it, make sure you do it every week. I had one that hated it and fought me, but after about a year, he lays there and talks to me....doesn't fight it any more. He learned it's going to happen anyway.
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