CATDOLL : Why cats don't like nail trimming

Reasons why cats don’t like to have their nails trimmed:

1. The cat does not understand what the owner is doing. If the cat has never had its nails trimmed, and the owner suddenly grabs the cat's paws and presses them, and takes out a nail clipper, the cat will be more frightened because it does not know what is going to happen, and the cat will resist out of instinct.

2. The owner is too rough when trimming the cat's nails. When trimming the cat's nails, the owner does not put the cat in a comfortable position. Even when the cat is disobedient, the owner pulls the cat forcefully or yells at the cat, which will cause the cat to resist.

3. The cat has had unpleasant memories of having its nails cut. If the owner or someone else has cut the cat's nails until they bleed, or hit the cat while cutting its nails, the cat will always remember it and have a certain psychological shadow, so it will naturally not like to have its nails cut.

4. Cats can curl up to keep warm. Cats' sweat glands are distributed on their paws, so the heat will be lost from their paws. When cats feel cold, they will pull their hands and feet under their stomachs and curl up to keep warm.

5. You can have a very comfortable sitting posture. Folding your hands is like crossing your legs. It is a very comfortable way to sit, and it also has the above-mentioned warmth-keeping function, so cats often adopt this comfortable posture.

6. It allows cats to be in a safe environment. Compared with the hen squat, the folded-arm sitting posture is a posture that is not easy to escape, so when a cat presents the folded-arm posture, it means that it feels quite at ease with the surrounding environment.

Things to note when trimming your cat’s nails:

1. When cutting a cat's nails, you need to use cat-specific nail clippers, and try not to use human nail clippers. Because it is not very convenient to cut a cat's nails with human nail clippers, and it is easy to hurt the cat's nails.

2. Before trimming the cat's nails, you need to calm the cat's emotions and keep the cat in a relaxed and quiet state. When the cat refuses to trim its nails or even acts irritable, do not force it to trim its nails. Because forcibly trimming the cat's nails will make it resist, and it will easily make it not want to trim its nails again in the future.

3. After cutting your cat’s nails, you can reward it with delicious food. This will let it know that cutting its nails is not scary and it will also get delicious rewards.