Should I trim my cats nails and whats the easiest way to trim them?

Hi there apples99 I can honestly say that I have never heard of anyone clipping their cats nails as I don't think it is advised. Maybe you should call the vets for some advice. I have never ever known a cat to scratch where it is told to!! I have seen them wreck peoples furniture and banisters, they love to sctrach banisters!!

You don't need to trim by yourself, because it is dangerous. They may feel scary when you do this. My dog would struggle with me when I trim his paws. You can send them to the pets hispital. the nurse or doctor can do this for you. They use a special kind of scissor to trim their paws.

Poor cat, it's stressful enough for humans when we understand what's going on but our poor pets just don't get it! I moved about a year ago and my poor little kitty got very stressed by it, didn't do any clawing but behaved completely out of character in other ways. After a couple of months he actually got cystitus which according to the vet was probably caused by the stressed and recommended a plug in device called Feliway which lets of the scent of the mother cat. We humans can't smell it but what a difference to my cat. He calmed down straight away and if there are any stressful times coming up such as bonfire night and all those fireworks or even at Christmas when there is so much activity and people coming and going I will just buy a refill to put into the plug in. I'm in the uk but i'm pretty sure it's available more or less everywhere. Hope this helps. In the meantime, I would suggest lots of toys and fuss and reassurance. Good luck. Michelle x

That would depend on wether he is an indoor cat or an outdoor cat. Outdoor cats can usually keep their nails dull enough that they do not need to be clipped. But indoor cats do not have the advantage of hard surfaces and textures to do that. Their nails tend to get long and begin to curve back around toward their paw pads. This can get quite painful for the cat if left untrimmed. My male cat is 23 pounds and the pressure of his weight on those nails when they get long hurts him. Unfortunately he hates to be groomed, so I have to take him in to a groomer once a month to be brushed and have his nails trimmed. It only takes about 20 minutes to do everything and he is much more comfortable afterwards. I highly reccommend having their nails trimmed regularly if they are indoors most all of the time.

Personally my cat is an angel at not scratching anything but his cat tree. ANd he actually trims his own nails. But I have had the exercise of dealing with my parents cat which would claw up everything. For you furniture you can actually use Orange Peels. You know how you bite into an Orange Peel and get that awful taste. So Rub Orange Peels all over you Furniture. He should stop scratching the furniture. But for you carpets it maybe best if you did trim his nails. Trimming nails isn't to bad either. Just when you are going to trim them put a blanket or a towel over his head so he won't see you what you are doing. This way he won't squirm or at least less of it. I hope that helps with your worries. I wish you luck.

Cats scratch to trim their nail. So I think it is OK to trim their nails. But I think the first thing you should do is let your cat know it is wrong to scratch things in your home, that can save you a lot of trouble.