CAN A KITTENS NAILS BE FILED OR CUT?

** MY CO WORKER HAS NEW KITTEN AND HER HANDS ARE ALL SCRATCHED UP EVERYDAY**CAN A KITTENS NAILS BE FILED OR CUT?
If she is scared to do it herself she can take kitty to a groomer/Petco/Petsmart or the vet for a trimming service.


I have a gray calico and was scared to do it myself cause they were hard to see with her coloring (even her paw pads were different colors 3 are black one is pinkish)


Took her to Petco and they charged 10 bucks lasted for a few weeks. When she had her last vaccs at vet I had them do it and supposedly they did a trim and file for 10.50 and it didnt seem to last any longer than the trim at Petco.CAN A KITTENS NAILS BE FILED OR CUT?
thank you for the points.


This is my third cat in many yrs but first one I ever had to trim nails. The other two were older cats and never scratched me but this kitten omg.


Hope your friend's kittys gets her nails done and your friends scratches heal

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Sure they can! They make little clippers you can pick up at a pet store for around $5. Your coworker needs to train her kitten to learn that hands and feet are not toys tho. Its common for kittens to want to play with hands and feet, and while its cute, it makes for bad habits later in life.
yes the get cut or as most people say ';trimming'; or ';clipping'; by special clippers here is an instructional video on how to do it:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryBvqkSAUo8





hope that helps thanks





PS. do it while the kittens are resting or after having a nap
You can buy the clippers at Petco for less then ten dollars but you have to do it in small amounts. You can also buy petpaws and put it on their nails. It kind of molds to the nails so that they wont hurt when he scratches.
In my experience I have seen that as long as the kitten is older than eight weeks it is ok to cut their nails with either a human pair of nail cutters or a special cat/kitten nail cutter. Hope this helps!
I just use regular finger nail clippers (ie: the ones for humans)


Wait until the kitten is calm and resting and just clip off the ends. If you clip to much you will draw blood and the cat will not be happy.
Yes I cut my kittens nails. You only need to cut off the very tip of the nail when they are kittens, that way they are not as sharp and do not break the skin as easily. Just be sure not to cut the quick.
I trim nails starting at 5 weeks old and do it weekly.
They can be filed or cut.