So poor Willow had to go to the vet for a nail trim as she seems to have gotten lazy in her old age. Largely ignored any scratching posts as she preferred the fence/raised borders outside but is now scared of outside too! (Me too Willow 🤣)
Got her a new scratching post and on the 3rd day (and much catnip spray) we have a scratching session! Hopefully we can keep her using it and save on the vet bills!
Its definitely awesome that your cat is scratching, and good you want to keep their claws trimmed. Sharp claws can get caught in fabrics, and hurt other pets.
Bad news! Scratching actually sharpens their claws and pulls the old nail sheaths off the new razor sharp claw beneath.
Good news! You can trim your cat’s claws for the price of a pair of clippers.
Just be patient and gentle and calm and they’ll get used to it. My formerly feral rescue cats sleep through it now after years of it. The first few times, I’d just clip as many as they’d calmly let me. Now the clippers are like the brush, and they purr.
Yeah I only recently first read that people bring their cats to the vet for trimming claws. I didn’t even know that was an option before. I couldn’t imagine having to pay for all that.