My Poor Kitty...

[kreeden]

A good wooden scratching post would be my first choice ..... Now , what was that about Crows .....

Just joking . Cats are cats , just as Crows are crows ... and should be watching for Cats .

[Shadow Wolf]

You might try a piece of wood, and lay it somewhere out of the way if your cat is an indoor cat.
Personally, I might try those soft paws for my black cat, who is primarily an indoor cat.

[Booko]

Originally Posted by zombieharlot

I was wondering if any of you animal lovers have any suggestions for me. My cat's claws are getting quite long and I need to clip them. Now, I know I need to look out for the vein, but even so, the process still seems painful for my kitty. And I can't stand to see her anguished reaction. And I certainly don't have money to have a vet do it. I guess there's not much to discuss here. I just have to go and do it myself, right?

Give her a kitty treat immediately after you clip her claws. That will help her understand the claw clipping is not quite so evil as she thinks.

[Booko]

Originally Posted by Katzpur

Honestly, I can't imagine a vet charging you much to do it. I'm scared to death to clip my dogs' claws, having accidentally cut one of them once, so I always ask my vet to do it -- usually when I'm in for some other reason, and she does it free of charge. If you can't afford to take her to the vet, you might consider taking her to your local Humane Society and asking the vet there to do it. If they wouldn't do it for free, I'm sure it would be super cheap.

I brought a guinea pig in and they charged me $16 for claw clipping that I did NOT ask them to do. Guinea pig claws are easy to clip.

And yeah, clipping claws for a cat wouldn't be a lot less..probably around $12.

I have one kitty who's very nervous about getting her claws clipped, so I only do one paw at a time and wait a week in between. And then she gets her treat, so she's calmed down a bit.

[Booko]

Originally Posted by ChrisP

Some people don't like cats sharpening their claws on stuff... my opinion? Tough sugarwater. If you don't like a cat doing what a cat does, don't get one

I don't like the cats ripping up the furniture, though I can tolerate a little bit of that.

I provide them with ample scratching posts and these ramps with replacable cardboard inserts, and I rub what they're supposed to be scratching with catnip. When they scratch the furniture, the evil spray bottle of water gets them from across the room. It doesn't take more than a week for a new cat to figure out where to scratch.

[Seyorni]

You may have to wrap your cat in a towel to restrain it. Another option is to get a sedative from the vet to calm kitty down.
The actual clipping is a snap. I use toenail clippers and rarely even watch what I'm doing anymore. I do it by feel and have never hit the vein. The trouble is, they grow back in a week or two, so paying someone to do it can add up to a serious expense over the years.

[I Panicked! At the Disco]

I was wondering if any of you animal lovers have any suggestions for me. My cat's claws are getting quite long and I need to clip them. Now, I know I need to look out for the vein, but even so, the process still seems painful for my kitty. And I can't stand to see her anguished reaction. And I certainly don't have money to have a vet do it. I guess there's not much to discuss here. I just have to go and do it myself, right?

Our cat got really crazy whenever we tried to clip her claws, so we just went ahead and had her declawed. But I tried to tell my parents that is mean and cruel and unnatural, so I don't reccomend it. Your cat probably isn't in pain when you clip her claws, she's just frustrated with the fact that she is being held down and that you are touching her paws, which cats hate. Cats are drama queens (or kings). So I would say just get it over with as quickly as possible.