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Today I'm here to talk to you again about the tip. No, don't get the wrong idea. The tip of your cat's nails. What other tip am I going to talk to you about? Hello, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian in small animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. Some time ago on the channel, I told you why I think you shouldn't cut your cat's nails. And since I'm a consistent person, since today I'm here to explain how to cut your cat's nails. Well, how you should actually proceed to only cut the tip, which is what I recommend. You cut your cat's nails in that video. I told you why it was important for your cats to have their nails. Because it's essential for them to mark areas of their home by scratching surfaces. That's because cats have glands on the soles of their paws where their nails grow and on their pads that they use to release the pheromones they need to recognize the areas in your home. If your cat doesn't have nails, it can't do this activity, which is a physiological activity, and therefore it will get frustrated. That's why it's very important for your cat to have nails so that it can scratch and knows where to do it. When I say trimming your cat's nails, I only mean the tip. You can't go overboard, because I'm against removing half of your cat's nail so that it doesn't destroy your furniture or end up amputating it altogether. Declawing is a huge mistake, and it's also prohibited in Europe and Spain. So if you want to learn how to properly trim your cat's nails, pay attention, because today I'm going to show you how to do it. And all of this is very interesting to you. First of all, your cat's nail has two parts. A keratinized part, which is the hard part, the transparent part that you can see, and that is what really destroys your furniture or your legs, and a part that is underneath, which is a little pink in color, which is called hyponychium, a somewhat strange name, but it is really where the veins, arteries and nerves are. And it is an area that hurts a lot. Therefore, under no circumstances, when you cut your cat's nails, will you be able to reach that hyponychium, because you will do a lot of damage. No, since this word hyponychium is a very specific word, we are going to call it pulp, because that is what many people call it, pulp. Or bud or root. But anyway, we are going to call it pulp throughout the video after this anatomy lesson. Brief, but an anatomy lesson. We are going to talk about the types of nail clippers that you can use. There are some that are like a type of pliers or scissors to cut your cat's nails. And there are others called guillotine, which have a moving part that moves forward and is what cuts. I really like the pincer ones more because you have much more control over how far you are cutting. And once you know the nail and the nail clippers, we have everything. The only thing we need is a cat to help. The hardest part I know. To cut your cat's nails, you can do it either by yourself or with someone to help you. I would recommend that you always have someone help you because it will be much more comfortable to hold the paw well and you will be able to have much more precision when cutting the nail. I am telling you that it is better to do it with someone, but it will depend on your skill. Because for example, with my light, my parents cat, I had to help my mother. And yet Cynthia manages very well on her own and is able to cut Totoro and Kimmy's nails without any help. Because here it is shown who is 100% a cat person and by nature, oh, a fly. Well, your mother has also had many cats. Yes, well, but Cynthia is more used to going around messing around with cats since she has also collaborated with protection associations and so on. She is more skilled, of course. In any case, you should always do this when your cat is calm. You can't pick him up after he has been playing chasing a ball or chasing his feline brother, pick him up off the floor and start trying to cut his nails because your cat probably won't let you. Instead, what I suggest is that you cut your cat's nails when you catch him a little off guard. And even better if you catch him asleep. Of course. Now that you have your cat, your nail clippers handy and you've caught him in a quiet moment, let's get started. The first thing is how to sit and hold your cat. If you're going to do it with someone, that person will hold the cat on their lap facing you, and with one of their hands, they will hold one of its paws by the back. You who are in front will have to hold the paw by the front so you can cut the nail. If on the other hand, you're going to do it alone, what I recommend you do is have the cat sit on Your lap facing the same direction as you, and with one of your hands, hold the paw by the front and in the other, hold the nail clippers. Don't put them on the cat facing you and cut it yourself, because the cat will do this with its paw and pull it away. Look how Cynthia is doing it. She is doing it this way with both cats, Totoro and Kimie. However, the cat's temperament also plays a big role here, because while Kimie behaves very well and doesn't have any difficulty, Totoro fights a little more. In order to cut the nail, the first thing you have to do is remove it from where it is. Kittens normally have their nail tucked inside their paw. If you apply light pressure with your fingers, thumb and index finger, you will see that the nail comes out without any difficulty. At that moment, you will be able to observe the structures of the nail that I mentioned before. The keratinized part, the hard part, and the pulp part. Once you have identified it, well, that's when you have to get ready to cut. No, don't start cutting like crazy first, because you could reach the pulp and do a lot of damage. Also, if you cut the pulp, it bleeds a lot, so please don't overdo it when cutting. Okay, now comes the cutting part. You have to cut between 3 and 5 millimeters of the nail. You don't have to measure it, but you always have to leave a fairly wide safety distance from the pink zone. Because if you reach the pink zone, as I've been telling you and I can't stop repeating, you're going to do a lot of damage. And not only that, but if you leave your cat's nails too short, your cat won't be able to scratch and will end up getting frustrated because that's not the tip. In other words, we're making a video to basically say that the tip is between 3 and 5 millimeters. The end. Are we leaving? No, man. I'm showing people how to cut those 3 or 5 millimeters. Don't miss the video, please. Well, and as I said, you don't have to use a ruler, but you might have to use an angle gauge. No, I'm not kidding. You have to cut at an angle of 45 degrees maximum. Because if not, you, you could be going too far back with the top of the nail clipper and you could hurt the cat. This is getting really complicated, Carlos, isn't it? Well, it's obvious. Let's see if it happens to you like Jose, and you don't understand it. The nail? Yes. And you can't use the nail clipper like that because you'll probably hurt your cat. Always use the nail clipper at an angle like this, a maximum of 45 degrees. This is 45 degrees more or less, or even a little less. It's okay, but never more. Sometimes if your cat doesn't want to let you cut its nails, you can use a blanket to wrap its body in, to contain it a little and to prevent it from hurting itself or you. But if you see that your cat is resisting and that there is no humane way to safely cut a nail, because your cat is constantly withdrawing its paw, meowing and having a really, really bad time, it is better to leave it. Do not cut your cat's nails because that can cause it a very significant moment of stress and in the end, the cure may be worse than the disease. Okay, but at this point, it is not essential to cut its nails under any circumstances. It is never essential. I already said it in the other video. If your cat has its own nail clipper to be able to mark, you do not need to cut the tip or anything, because your cat will always have perfectly cared for nails. This is only for those people who decide to do it. Although there is one nail that you do have to worry about a little more than the rest, which is the. Hello, nail of the finger, right? Well, it is not called the thumb in cats. Number five, Right one. The shortest finger of cats. Because this nail, since it's not on the sole of their paws, they don't wear it down as much. And when they scratch on the scratching post, they don't take much care of it either. Sometimes this nail can grow a lot and can turn around and even get stuck in the pad. Be very careful with that because you have to be aware of that. Well, there you have it. You've already cut one of your cat's nails. Now you have to cut the rest of the nails and the rest of the paws. Anyway, you're going to spend a little while, but hey, it's a hobby like any other. As you can see, not all cats are equally cooperative. And there are people who accuse me of only showing very, very good cats on the channel. But nevertheless, Miluna almost let me cut his nails because he's a cat that has a bit of a temper and when he feels like playing, he doesn't stop. I had to help my mother and she had to hold him for me. We had to move him several times to be able to cut all his nails and that's something that may be common in your cat. So don't worry if your cat, well, there comes a time when it gets tired of having its paw like that, it removes it and you have to stop for a while to then continue cutting. On the other hand, we have the really good ones. Totoro and, well, especially Kimi. In this video, we are going to pay tribute to Kimmy because Kimmy behaved really well with Cynthia. She is a very good kitty who almost put her paw on and let you cut her nails the whole time without making a bad move. Kimmy makes a little meow every time you cut a nail. I don't think it's because it hurts, but simply because it will feel the vibration. Look, listen to the meow. She is so cute. In Totoro's case, well, it was a bit in between because he started off a bit tense. The truth is that we didn't catch him at a time when he was relaxed, but rather he was just wandering around the house. And that's when we said, come on, Totoro, let's cut his nails. And of course, at that moment, I was probably thinking of doing something else. And besides, Totoro doesn't like the camera very much either because you can see that having this black eye looking at him so closely makes him a little nervous. He has a bit of stage fright, but he behaved well. I hope this theoretical and practical video is useful to you. Every cat is different, and you may have a different technique for cutting your cat's nails. I hope this serves as a basis, especially if you don't have experience, so that you know how much nail you have to cut your cat's nails and how you have to do it so as not to hurt it. But if you do it another way and it also works for you, well, great. This is just intended to be a guide, a bit of general information for everyone. But at no time do I want to preach anything here. My word is not a law, and I don't intend it to be. Well, before we go, I'll give you some bonus tracks that will make this a complete success. And that will also help you a little if you have an older cat. Because I don't know if you know that older cats nails need to be checked much more often because they grow much thicker. And also, since they have much less activity than a young cat that is out there all day jumping, leaping and scratching, their nails may grow much more. If your cat is over eight years old, you'll have to do this operation of Trimming or checking their nails at least every 20 days or every month at the very least. Because for young cats, it's enough to do it every month and a half or every two months. They take care of theirs on their own. Okay, so what you've been seeing all along in the video footage is how to cut your cat's front paw nails. What about the back ones? The nails on the back paws are shorter and also grow less and wear down more because your cat normally uses its back paws to run, jump, and for all its activities. Therefore, it's usually not necessary for you to use nail clippers on the back paws. Although, of course, there are times when you do need to cut them, for example, if they grow a lot. Or for older cats who, as I'm telling you, wear down their nails much less, sometimes there's no choice but to cut them. But remember, just the tip. The tip of the nails, man. And since your cat has been so good and has let you cut its nails so much, shower it with gifts and rewards and things that it likes. Wet food. It's also okay to give your cat wet food or a treat after you've trimmed its nails because that way it won't associate the moment when its paw is stretched out and you're using the pliers as something negative Instead, it will know perfectly well that a reward will come after that. This will help your cat deal with these situations in a much better mood and will also allow you to do it in a much more relaxed way. It's positive reinforcement. And if you do it from a very young age, it will be very used to it. So it will be much easier for you to take care of its nails throughout its life. So what's up? Have you trimmed your cat's nails yet? Has it left your face looking like you've just come back from war? Or have these tips helped you? Tell me in the comments so I can find out. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like and share it with everyone. Remember to subscribe to our channel if you haven't already, because our channel is as necessary as a good manicure from time to time. And hit the bell so that YouTube will notify you every time we upload new content. Thank you very much for following the Happy Pets and Families channel and I'll see you in the next video. And today I'm here to solve a mystery, the mystery of the infiltrated squirrel. Well, let me put you in the situation in one of our videos a being Comes out from behind us, a creature that some people told me give it a. Like, if you've seen the squirrel, or mention the squirrel that passes behind. At first I was really scared because there are no squirrels in Seville, so I thought it was a rat. But anyway, I'm going to read the comments. Specifically, Yolanda, on hell, you forgot to give a special mention to the squirrel, which had an interesting back and forth. And Marina, meow, says, like, if you've seen this squirrel at minute eight. Well, thanks to Marina's message, I went to look for the squirrel because, as I said, I thought it was a rat. Well, it wasn't a blackbird, which have already appeared in quite a few of our videos behind us. Although I don't think we have any infiltrators here today. So I'm sorry to disappoint you, but there weren't any squirrels. But anyway, if you see a rodent behind me in a video, let me know because it's definitely a rat. See you next week. Let's cut it. Dog, dog, be quiet. And with the other one, hold the nail clipper. With the other one. Okay, well, so you know how to use it. And she's holding it with her left hand. With her hand. I don't know which hand she's holding it with. Well, if you apply light pressure with the paw or the. Well, the little paw, right? That's the bottom of the paw, the hand. Well, if you want. Yeah, you have a mosquito on your lens. But if you see that your cat. But if you see that your cat is. But if you see that your cat is resisting and there's no resistance, it resists. Summer Rehash. Well, that's it. You've cut your cat's nails. A round of applause for you. One nail now. Now you have left. Okay. Yes, yes, good. I mean, you also have to know how to understand a cat and handle a cat. If you don't know how to handle a cat, turn it off and let's go. Turn off the camera and close the channel. Cat care. The mystery of the squirrel in the cat care video. And no, I mean cut the finger. Not the finger, the tip of the nail. Don't troll me from the channel and get hissed at or something. So. Well, you know, you don't have to keep going like that. Yeah.