Most likely, you want to leave whole sofas and carpets, or you have a small child, and you do not want to see his tender skin scratched. It is important. But on the other hand, a fluffy pet with clipped claws becomes defenseless even if it never goes out. She can by habit try to cling to claws at the window sill and fall. The lack of claws sharply restricts the animal in its usual activities (the pet can not jump on the same window sill, climb on the carpet). For you it is convenient. But will it have a positive effect on the character of the animal? Hardly. Remember the situation of your life when you were limited in movement (broken arm, leg, etc.). What was it like for you? Especially there are such adaptations - scratching claws. It takes a little patience (no more than when you are accustomed to the toilet), and your fluffy beauty will cease to torment the sofas and will gladly climb on this simple device. In this case, the length of claws will be regulated without your participation, they will be grinded, as conceived by nature.
However, there are different situations, moreover, there are different breeds of cats, different claws. If the claws are so long that they stop walking to the animal, of course they need to be cut. Only it is important to do it right.
So, you decided that the claws should be cut. Now decide which tools you will use to do this. You can, of course, take the usual manicure scissors. But the claws of our pets are so different from ours! You buy a pet special food, zooshampun, right? Here and for clipping the claws you need what is suitable for animals. In the pet stores are selling special coagulators. But if you buy a low-quality tool, the claws can break and flake under its blades. Therefore, his choice should be approached seriously. Remembering that the miser pays twice, buy a claw from quality steel and only in a specialized pet store. It's good to buy a nail file for polishing claws after cutting.
How can I trim my claws with a cat, where do I start? Mowing claws is a difficult and unpleasant process for both the owner and the pet. Therefore, it is necessary to accustom to this procedure from childhood, very gently and gradually. To train an adult animal, patience and perseverance will require twice as much. It is important to speak kindly to a cat, explaining to her the need for a procedure, to praise her beautiful woman, and with good behavior, she should be encouraged with a delicacy. Claws can be cut only when you and the animal are in good spirits. One option is to prune them while the cat is asleep. Do not cut your claws by force! After all, you need extreme caution since you only hurt your pet once, you will greatly undermine its trust in you. And subsequent attempts to trim claws will be met with a violent indignation of the animal. But that is not all. If the animal is hurt, it means that you have damaged the claw pulp, and this is fraught with inflammation.
So, carefully consider the claw. The part that can be cut is transparent. The claw pulp has a pink color, and if you damage it, blood will flow. In this situation, soothe the pet (it hurts him), treat it with an antiseptic and apply a hemostatic sponge. Then, for several days, you need to closely monitor the damaged claw, and with the slightest signs of inflammation, contact the veterinarian. What if the claw is black? In this case, the border where the body of the claw begins, is not visible. Therefore, it should be cut off gradually, in thin layers, and monitor the behavior of the animal. On it you will understand when to finish the procedure. It is important to remember that the claw pulp grows slightly longer each time, so there is a risk of damaging it by cutting the claw to the "usual" length. Leave it a little longer than the previous time. It will be better if you just repeat the procedure in about two weeks.
Alone to properly cut the claws of his pet - the task is not of the lungs. The animal can not be explained that it is necessary to sit quietly and calmly! The ideal option is to cut the claws together (one holds, the other cuts), then the pet does not scratch you. But it's important that he trusts both of them, because if you keep him, and a strange person will do unpleasantly, this is not the best way to affect your relationship with the pet.
If you trim your claws without an assistant, it is done this way: the cat is located head from you, hold it to the left (for the left-handed - right) elbow, and the right (left) hand fix the foot. Lightly pressing on it, you will see long claws of your purr.
So, before cutting your cat's claws, answer for yourself two questions: "Why?" " And How? "Solve them best not only for yourself, but for the one you tamed. Remember, that next to you live a full living being, for which you took responsibility.