What's the point of trimming a cat's nails?

May 24,2024
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The functions of cutting cat nails:

1. It helps the cat’s normal activities and prevents excessive nails from causing damage to the foot pads. If the nails are not trimmed for a long time, the nails will easily grow abnormally and even grow into the cat's foot pads. The cat will feel a tingling sensation when walking. Over time, it will also cause inflammation and abscesses in the foot pads.

2. It can reduce the probability of cat injury and prevent the cat’s nails from breaking during activities. If the nails are too long, it is easy for cats to hook their nails during daily play, running and jumping, causing the nails to break and bleed due to external force.

3. Prevent cats from harming their owners or other animals due to unintentional actions. Cat’s nails are too sharp and it is easy for cats to accidentally scratch others when playing with humans or companions. Or when fighting with other animals, it is easy to cause serious harm to the other animal.

4. Prevent cats from scratching furniture and protect the safety of property at home. Cats whose nails are too long will grind their claws frequently, so they will scratch furniture, sofas, etc., and may even scratch curtains, sheets, etc. while running and jumping.

5. Protect cats from the pain of broken toes and prevent excessively long nail blood lines. If a cat does not cut its nails for a long time, the blood lines will grow longer and longer. In the end, the only way to clean the nails is to cut off the toes, which is also very painful for the cat.

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