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How to Trim Cat Nails: A Step-by-Step Guide

1Gather Your Supplies

Make sure you have everything you’ll need within reach before you start. You don’t want to have to interrupt your nail trimming session—especially if your cat isn’t a huge fan of nail trims.

How to Trim Cat Nails: A Step-by-Step Guide

2Find a Quiet Spot and a Comfortable Position

Trimming your cat’s nails in a quiet area of your home, away from kids, other pets or startling noises, will help keep your cat calm, making cutting their nails easier.

With practice, you will find the best way to hold your cat—one that’s comfortable for both of you. If you’re a beginner, try these positions:

Seated and holding your cat lengthwise across your lap

Standing and holding your cat on a flat surface that you don’t mind getting scratched, such as a padded ironing board

Reclining with the cat lying on your chest

Seated with the cat lying face up in the valley between your legs.

You can try several different positions until you find what works for you.

If your cat is especially squirmy, one way to keep a secure hold on them is to wrap them in a towel like a burrito, with only one paw outside the burrito at a time. This makes it harder for your kitty to escape or claw you. Some cats may also relax more if you drape a corner of the towel over their head to muffle the noise and keep them from seeing what you’re doing. For other cats, these tactics could stress them out even more, so do what feels best—it’s all about knowing your cat.

How to Trim Cat Nails: A Step-by-Step Guide

3Isolate the Nail to Cut

When you’ve found a position that’s comfortable for you and your cat, pick up one of their paws. Do your best to hold the paw in a natural position for your cat, without folding it too far back or forward or bending their leg in an awkward way.

Choose a nail to start with—any of them will do! Because cats have retractable claws, you’ll have to apply pressure to the paw pad to extend their nail. Using your non-dominant hand, place your forefinger on your kitty’s paw pad and your thumb on the top of the toe. Squeeze gently to extend the nail, and take note of where the quick is (so that you know where not to cut).

4Cut at a 45-Degree Angle

Use your clippers to trim the tip of your cat’s nail. Rather than cutting straight across, aim for a 45-degree angle, which lets the nail rest comfortably on the ground when your cat walks. Use firm, decisive pressure to cut the nail; a softer, more tentative approach can accidentally crush the nail, rather than cut it cleanly.

Pro tip: If your cat has long hair around their paws, make sure it’s pulled back and out of the way so you can see what you’re doing. This is especially important if you choose to use a nail grinder, since that tool can grab hair and pull hard.