Last week I got brave and I mean very brave. Both girls needed their claws trimmed! I was working on the theory that neither Poppy or Mango had had their claws trimmed before. Since they had spent a lot of time outside I guessed it wouldn’t be necessary. However, since they have been with us they have been indoor cats and those claws just had to be trimmed!! I got everything to hand before picking Mango up and managed to do one foot before she realised what was going on. After a brief struggle I successfully clipped the claws on the other foot.
Now Poppy was a whole different ball game. Making sure everything was within easy reach (again), I positioned Poppy ready to start clipping – well, she shot off like a rocket! DH held her and I managed to clip 2 claws – this was not going to plan. After several struggles with both humans and cat getting more and more fed up, I decided to give it best.
When DS came home from school I asked him to hold Poppy whilst I clipped her claws. We made a space on the dining table (nowhere for Poppy to get any grip) and DS held her, well, I say held but it was more like a rugby tackle hold/pin down! Five minutes later the job was done, no-one was injured and we had one mardy cat with short nails!!
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