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Ok guys, I'm a pet nurse at a pet hospital and I'm gonna share the same advice that we share with all our clients:
DO *NOT* USE A HUMAN NAIL CUTTER! Human nail cutters are intended for flat nails, cats nails are NOT flat! You risk splitting their nail down the middle with those! DO NOT, DO NOT DO ********NOT******* USE HUMAN NAIL CUTTERS!
Go to walmart and buy a cheap $4 animal nail trimmer in the pet section. It'll last you a life-time, you'll use it often, it's worth it. So DO IT you cheap-ass!
Secondly, not all pets have clear nails where you can see the pink quick. Some (mostly dogs) have black nails and it's impossible to tell where the quick is.
I've drawn a little diagram to show you the technique that I've always used (and have NEVER in my entire career hit a quick)
Draw an imaginary line from the pad of the foot to the tip of the nail. (See picture if you're too dumb to imagine it.) It is there at that point that you should clip the nail by holding the let straight and at a comfortable position where the pet isn't straining and won't try to kick it's leg free.
Use the nail trims to cut the nail.
*IF* you're a jackass and ignore my advice to never cut any higher and accidentally cut the quick and is now bleeding, make sure you have a small container (Film canister, zip lock baggie, etc...) full of plain ol' white cooking flour. Dab the nail until the flour blocks the blood flow and allow it to heal naturally. (Won't hurt kitty/puppy if they lick the flour off their nail later)
Congrats! Now you're nail trimming like a pro!
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