How to Safely Trim Your Cat's Nails: A Practical Guide

Do you clip your cat’s nails or do you take them to the vet to have it done?  When a Floppycats’ reader posted about this subject a few weeks ago on Facebook, it made me think to do a blog post about it.  I clip Charlie and Triggs’s nails myself – they aren’t crazy about it, but tolerate it.  Rags never seemed to care – just sat there until I was done.

Here are some tips I have heard over the years:

• Wrap your kitty in a towel, so they have less mobility and cannot stratch you, but you can still access each paw, one at a time.
• Wake them up when they have been sleeping for awhile – they don’t have as much energy and might be less inclined to care.
• Do one paw a day or do as many paws as you can and save the remaining paws for the next day.

When I did the reviews for some cat clippers, I cut Charlie and Trigg’s nails like I always do – you can see those videos below:

Here’s a video of my mom cutting Caymus’ nails for another product review – Caymus cares about it just as much as Rags did – in other words, not at all!

These clippers remain my favorite clippers – JW Pet GripSoft Cat Nail Clippers

What are your favorite clippers and why? Do you have tips on how to cut your kitty’s nails?