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Trimming nails
CC used to sit on my lap & let me trim her nails.
I never cut them to close & never hurt her. But now when she see's me pick up the clippers,she hisses & runs. How can i make it an easy process to trim her nails ? |
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Trimming nails
Try cutting only one nail. Immediately reinforce her with some food or a
treat. The other idea is to cut a few while she is napping. I always reward my boys after I trim their nails so they associate it with something nice. Gail "desgnr" wrote in message news:Z5mri.401$Uu4.220@trndny04... CC used to sit on my lap & let me trim her nails. I never cut them to close & never hurt her. But now when she see's me pick up the clippers,she hisses & runs. How can i make it an easy process to trim her nails ? |
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Trimming nails
On Jul 30, 9:40 am, "Gail" wrote:
Try cutting only one nail. Immediately reinforce her with some food or a treat. The other idea is to cut a few while she is napping. I always reward my boys after I trim their nails so they associate it with something nice. Gail"desgnr" wrote in message I echo what Gail says. I'd also try another silent trimmer. Perhaps the popping sound might startle her. I like the "scissor" type of clippers, which are a bit more expensive, but work great and don't make noise when you use them. I also follow up with a treat. Rene |
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Trimming nails
On 30 Jul, 14:56, "desgnr" wrote:
CC used to sit on my lap & let me trim her nails. I never cut them to close & never hurt her. But now when she see's me pick up the clippers,she hisses & runs. How can i make it an easy process to trim her nails ? All the advice I have seen so far looks excellent, & I concur with every detail too, especially the treat program after each nail/claw done. When all else fails, you *could* always revert to the Old towel method, by wrapping her up securely, so that she can't hurt herself, or you either.. but that would be a "last resort method". You could take her to the vet surgery & allow them to do it of course. But, I realise that the cost of doing so, might be a factor along the line here. but do consider it as well! Good luck with doing her nails/ claws. It would be interesting to the rest of us to know what did work for you both in the end, if you don't mind re-posting that it? In the future, we can recommend what your methods is, to others that ask the same question. Thanks in advance, Sheelagh "o" |
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Trimming nails
"Gail" wrote:
The other idea is to cut a few while she is napping. Yeah, they are much more sedate when woken up from a nap. I have to clip my new stray cat's claws sometime soon. Currently, he's a light sleeper. |
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