Thread: Nail Clipping?

I have never trimmed a cats nails before but have to do my dogs all the time. If the same applies to cats as dogs in theory it's easy but in reality no its not! If you cut too far you will make it bleed and once it bleeds it is hard to stop. If the nail is white you can see the pink bit inside the nail that you have to avoid but if it's black you should see a little hook at the end of the nail where it gets narrow. I would just use human nail clippers for a cat and just take off the little hook at the end making sure you don't go to far (it's a good idea to have some stop bleed handy which you can buy from pet shops). Sometimes with my dogs I file them as it is less frightening but it's a job I always hate doing. I think it's something you need to get used to though as I would have thought taking to the vet would be expensive and you may need to go quite regularly. You will get more confident the more you do it (or so I've been told) Good luck. It may be harder with a cat cos not sure if they will sit still like my dogs do.