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Old March 31st 16, 02:09 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
MaryL[_2_]
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Default Claw Clipping Help

On 3/30/2016 5:47 PM, jmcquown wrote:
When I first adopted Buffy in June, 2015, she was very agreeable about
my clipping her front claws and even the dew-claws. I was absolutely
amazed. I thought, "Good! she's had this done before. Whew!"

After a couple of times though, she decided she does NOT want me to do
that.

I *know* not to clip down too far. Nothing I'm doing hurts her. It
just annoys her. Well guess what? Being scratched annoys me, too.

I've tried rolling her up in a towel like a kitty-burrito but she
manages to squirm out before I can get more than a couple or three nails
on one paw clipped.

I can't afford to take her to the vet just to have her nails clipped.
But she is ripping the heck out of me.

Of course she doesn't do it intentionally. The problem is sometimes
when I'm walking across the room she jumps out and grabs my leg, claws
fully deployed. It's like my leg is a tree. OUCH! STOP THAT!

I don't know how to get her to let me trim her claws again. Any
suggestions?

Jill


It may be much less expensive to take Buffy to the vet to have her claws
trimmed than you expect. My vision is bad, so I take all three cats in
to have their claws trimmed. I am not charged for a vet visit because
one of the techs does this, and it only takes them a few seconds. I pay
$8.00 each time I take a cat in to have this done. I do not even need
to make an appointment because the trim takes so little time, and the
vet does not need to see them. If we are due for an annual checkup,
they will add caw trimming without any extra charge. I do have
scratching posts in every room except the kitchen and bath rooms, and
some of them are shredded. Nevertheless, mine do need to have their
claws trimmed every few months.

MaryL