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Buffy and the Claw Clipping
I was told I'd have to wrap her in a towel. Or have someone help me
hold her down. Yeah, as if that wouldn't scare the crap out of her! LOL I bought one of these: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...pcatid=186 81 tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/8hsdeg It took a couple of tries but Buffy relaxed right into me. I have the trimmers on the shelf on my desk. She likes to be in my lap when I'm at the PC. So when she got comfy I gently held a paw and *clip*. She jumped down. Hmmm, that didn't hurt. She jumped back up. I praised her, gave her scritches, let her relax again. Next nail, clip. She jumped down. Jumped back up. And again. See? It doesn't hurt a bit! I've done all ten front claws (haven't gotten to the dewclaws yet). The back claws may be a bit more of a challenge. But what a difference! She's no longer inadvertently hurting me. I am thrilled at how nonchalant she was about it. Jill |
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Buffy and the Claw Clipping
On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:03:14 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
It took a couple of tries but Buffy relaxed right into me. I have the trimmers on the shelf on my desk. She likes to be in my lap when I'm at the PC. So when she got comfy I gently held a paw and *clip*. She jumped down. Hmmm, that didn't hurt. She jumped back up. I praised her, gave her scritches, let her relax again. Next nail, clip. She jumped down. Jumped back up. And again. See? It doesn't hurt a bit! I've done all ten front claws (haven't gotten to the dewclaws yet). The back claws may be a bit more of a challenge. But what a difference! She's no longer inadvertently hurting me. I am thrilled at how nonchalant she was about it. Oh yeah, cuddling, kneading, and wrestling is all much pricklier without an occasional clip, if only just to get the tips of the sharpest needle claws! I think Buffy will get used to it very quickly. I clip all of my kitties, even Spicey now! I use her habit of coming up and poking me when she's hungry against her. When she raises a paw and taps me, I meet her paw with a "high five", hiding the clipper behind my palm, and clip a claw in as smooth and unobtrusive a motion as possible. I have to admit that such trickery is not possible with back claws, so I haven't done those on her yet though. I think she'd try to hurt me very badly if she knew what I was doing. |
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Buffy and the Claw Clipping
On 6/17/2015 5:03 PM, jmcquown wrote:
I was told I'd have to wrap her in a towel. Or have someone help me hold her down. Yeah, as if that wouldn't scare the crap out of her! LOL I bought one of these: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...pcatid=186 81 tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/8hsdeg It took a couple of tries but Buffy relaxed right into me. I have the trimmers on the shelf on my desk. She likes to be in my lap when I'm at the PC. So when she got comfy I gently held a paw and *clip*. She jumped down. Hmmm, that didn't hurt. She jumped back up. I praised her, gave her scritches, let her relax again. Next nail, clip. She jumped down. Jumped back up. And again. See? It doesn't hurt a bit! I've done all ten front claws (haven't gotten to the dewclaws yet). The back claws may be a bit more of a challenge. But what a difference! She's no longer inadvertently hurting me. I am thrilled at how nonchalant she was about it. Jill Good job! The clippers look similar to the ones I used years ago on my first cat, except that mine were plain without any embellishment. My cat would let him place him upside-down on my lap to clip his back claws, and then I could easily clip all of them very quickly. MaryL |
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On 6/17/2015 7:56 PM, MaryL wrote:
On 6/17/2015 5:03 PM, jmcquown wrote: I was told I'd have to wrap her in a towel. Or have someone help me hold her down. Yeah, as if that wouldn't scare the crap out of her! LOL I bought one of these: http://tinyurl.com/8hsdeg It took a couple of tries but Buffy relaxed right into me. I have the trimmers on the shelf on my desk. She likes to be in my lap when I'm at the PC. So when she got comfy I gently held a paw and *clip*. She jumped down. Hmmm, that didn't hurt. She jumped back up. I praised her, gave her scritches, let her relax again. Next nail, clip. She jumped down. Jumped back up. And again. See? It doesn't hurt a bit! I've done all ten front claws (haven't gotten to the dewclaws yet). The back claws may be a bit more of a challenge. But what a difference! She's no longer inadvertently hurting me. I am thrilled at how nonchalant she was about it. Jill Good job! The clippers look similar to the ones I used years ago on my first cat, except that mine were plain without any embellishment. My cat would let him place him upside-down on my lap to clip his back claws, and then I could easily clip all of them very quickly. MaryL While Buffy does turn upside down and let me give her belly rubs, I really don't think she'd like to be held that way for any length of time. I'm just happy she let me clip the front ones. I'll deal with the back paws tomorrow... or whenever she lets me. Jill |
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Buffy and the Claw Clipping
On 6/17/2015 8:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
On 6/17/2015 7:56 PM, MaryL wrote: On 6/17/2015 5:03 PM, jmcquown wrote: I was told I'd have to wrap her in a towel. Or have someone help me hold her down. Yeah, as if that wouldn't scare the crap out of her! LOL I bought one of these: http://tinyurl.com/8hsdeg It took a couple of tries but Buffy relaxed right into me. I have the trimmers on the shelf on my desk. She likes to be in my lap when I'm at the PC. So when she got comfy I gently held a paw and *clip*. She jumped down. Hmmm, that didn't hurt. She jumped back up. I praised her, gave her scritches, let her relax again. Next nail, clip. She jumped down. Jumped back up. And again. See? It doesn't hurt a bit! I've done all ten front claws (haven't gotten to the dewclaws yet). The back claws may be a bit more of a challenge. But what a difference! She's no longer inadvertently hurting me. I am thrilled at how nonchalant she was about it. Jill Good job! The clippers look similar to the ones I used years ago on my first cat, except that mine were plain without any embellishment. My cat would let him place him upside-down on my lap to clip his back claws, and then I could easily clip all of them very quickly. MaryL While Buffy does turn upside down and let me give her belly rubs, I really don't think she'd like to be held that way for any length of time. I'm just happy she let me clip the front ones. I'll deal with the back paws tomorrow... or whenever she lets me. Jill Raucher (my first cat, going clear back to my first year in graduate school) would often lie on his back on my legs while I sat in a chair, so it was easy to use the clippers while he was in that position. MaryL |
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On 6/17/2015 7:53 PM, Takayuki wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:03:14 -0400, jmcquown wrote: It took a couple of tries but Buffy relaxed right into me. I have the trimmers on the shelf on my desk. She likes to be in my lap when I'm at the PC. So when she got comfy I gently held a paw and *clip*. She jumped down. Hmmm, that didn't hurt. She jumped back up. I praised her, gave her scritches, let her relax again. Next nail, clip. She jumped down. Jumped back up. And again. See? It doesn't hurt a bit! I've done all ten front claws (haven't gotten to the dewclaws yet). The back claws may be a bit more of a challenge. But what a difference! She's no longer inadvertently hurting me. I am thrilled at how nonchalant she was about it. Oh yeah, cuddling, kneading, and wrestling is all much pricklier without an occasional clip, if only just to get the tips of the sharpest needle claws! That's exactly what they were like. Little needles. OUCH! I know she didn't mean to hurt me but she had never learned to retract them. They didn't seem overly long to me, since cats do shed their nails. But oh boy were they sharp! Razor sharp. I think Buffy will get used to it very quickly. I hope so! I clip all of my kitties, even Spicey now! I use her habit of coming up and poking me when she's hungry against her. When she raises a paw and taps me, I meet her paw with a "high five", hiding the clipper behind my palm, and clip a claw in as smooth and unobtrusive a motion as possible. I have to admit that such trickery is not possible with back claws, so I haven't done those on her yet though. I think she'd try to hurt me very badly if she knew what I was doing. You've done amazing things with Spicey. I'm so very glad she's adapted as well as she has. Jill |
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Buffy and the Claw Clipping
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... I was told I'd have to wrap her in a towel. Or have someone help me hold her down. Yeah, as if that wouldn't scare the crap out of her! LOL I bought one of these: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...pcatid=186 81 tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/8hsdeg It took a couple of tries but Buffy relaxed right into me. I have the trimmers on the shelf on my desk. She likes to be in my lap when I'm at the PC. So when she got comfy I gently held a paw and *clip*. She jumped down. Hmmm, that didn't hurt. She jumped back up. I praised her, gave her scritches, let her relax again. Next nail, clip. She jumped down. Jumped back up. And again. See? It doesn't hurt a bit! I've done all ten front claws (haven't gotten to the dewclaws yet). The back claws may be a bit more of a challenge. But what a difference! She's no longer inadvertently hurting me. I am thrilled at how nonchalant she was about it. Jill Well done! It looks like a good tool and Buffy obviously trusts you already. I have various claw-clipping tools from when I had dogs, but any type of what Boyfie calls "messing about with me" like trying to give him tablets, changing his collar for a new one etc is a two person job as he flies into a panic. Claw-clipping would be a no-no. He has incredibly sharp front claws which he hones on the trunks of my trees but he is careful not to hurt me with them and keeps them sheathed in any interaction with me. I "could" clip his claws if I wanted to if Claire helped me, as he often gets them caught in my clothing when he is kneading, but it would upset him so much to be held down and forced so I won't do it. Besides, he goes outside after dusk, and 10 scimitars are good to flash at Mr/Ms Fox who come and check my chickens are safe every night (!) in case they cross paths in my garden. Like "see these claws? want them in your nose??" If that fails, good claws enable him to rush up a tree at the speed of light. Tweed |
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On 6/18/2015 11:49 AM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... I was told I'd have to wrap her in a towel. Or have someone help me hold her down. Yeah, as if that wouldn't scare the crap out of her! LOL I bought one of these: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...pcatid=186 81 tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/8hsdeg It took a couple of tries but Buffy relaxed right into me. I have the trimmers on the shelf on my desk. She likes to be in my lap when I'm at the PC. So when she got comfy I gently held a paw and *clip*. She jumped down. Hmmm, that didn't hurt. She jumped back up. I praised her, gave her scritches, let her relax again. Next nail, clip. She jumped down. Jumped back up. And again. See? It doesn't hurt a bit! I've done all ten front claws (haven't gotten to the dewclaws yet). The back claws may be a bit more of a challenge. But what a difference! She's no longer inadvertently hurting me. I am thrilled at how nonchalant she was about it. Jill Well done! Thank you! It looks like a good tool and Buffy obviously trusts you already. Yep, she does trust me. I'm surprised at how quickly she got used to her new home. I have various claw-clipping tools from when I had dogs, but any type of what Boyfie calls "messing about with me" like trying to give him tablets, changing his collar for a new one etc is a two person job as he flies into a panic. That's sort of what I was afraid of. I was amazed at how she just let me do it without much fuss! Claw-clipping would be a no-no. He has incredibly sharp front claws which he hones on the trunks of my trees but he is careful not to hurt me with them and keeps them sheathed in any interaction with me. I wouldn't have needed to trim them if she had kept them sheathed. Apparently she didn't know any better. She was scratching the heck out of my legs while sitting on my lap. I "could" clip his claws if I wanted to if Claire helped me, as he often gets them caught in my clothing when he is kneading, but it would upset him so much to be held down and forced so I won't do it. Besides, he goes outside after dusk, and 10 scimitars are good to flash at Mr/Ms Fox who come and check my chickens are safe every night (!) in case they cross paths in my garden. Like "see these claws? want them in your nose??" LOL That wouldn't be pleasant. If that fails, good claws enable him to rush up a tree at the speed of light. Don't have that problem here but I get your point. Jill |
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On 6/18/2015 1:25 PM, Judith Latham wrote:
In article , jmcquown wrote: It took a couple of tries but Buffy relaxed right into me. I have the trimmers on the shelf on my desk. She likes to be in my lap when I'm at the PC. So when she got comfy I gently held a paw and *clip*. She jumped down. Hmmm, that didn't hurt. She jumped back up. I praised her, gave her scritches, let her relax again. Next nail, clip. She jumped down. Jumped back up. And again. See? It doesn't hurt a bit! I've done all ten front claws (haven't gotten to the dewclaws yet). The back claws may be a bit more of a challenge. But what a difference! She's no longer inadvertently hurting me. I am thrilled at how nonchalant she was about it. Jill Well done. She obviously trusts you. Judith I'm stunned. She's adapted very well and so very quickly. I didn't know the woman who had her before but I can't imagine Buffy was very happy there. Living with the bully cat and whatever the third cat Suzie Q was like. Now she's come out of her shell. She was described as "timid". Timid? Hardly! Jill |
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Buffy and the Claw Clipping
On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:37:02 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
On 6/17/2015 7:53 PM, Takayuki wrote: Oh yeah, cuddling, kneading, and wrestling is all much pricklier without an occasional clip, if only just to get the tips of the sharpest needle claws! That's exactly what they were like. Little needles. OUCH! I know she didn't mean to hurt me but she had never learned to retract them. They didn't seem overly long to me, since cats do shed their nails. But oh boy were they sharp! Razor sharp. I think their claws are amazingly sharp! What dangerous weapons they managed to evolve! But for the most part, they do sheathe their claws when on my lap. Still, it's nice to keep them trimmed, and they appreciate not snagging on things, too. |
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