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Claws in cats and dogs.
By purchasing a clawed creature as a house companion, we least of all expect that it will use its claws at home and cause damage to both household items and the health of its owner. What to do with the claws of cats and dogs, when patience and money have run out to renew interior items damaged by claws.
It is worth knowing that the natural habit of sharpening claws does not fade away with the breeding of friendly breeds of clawed pets, but is fixed at the level of unconditioned reflexes. By sharpening the claws, the animal sheds the obsolete keratin coating, thus making the claws smoother and sharper.
A home claw sharpener does not always help to get rid of injuries to furniture, wall coverings, or other decor details. There is a way out - to cut and blunt sharp claws. The claws of an animal are much thicker and more massive than human nails, for this reason using scissors to trim the claws is a problem. A special pruner is needed, which has thicker blades that can cut a claw. Trimming the claws can be done by a specialist or done at home if the animal sits calmly and does not show aggression towards the procedure.
The difficulty may lie in the following, in order to cut off the claws of an animal, it is necessary to ensure that it releases them. The pet owner needs to observe under what circumstances the animal can release its claws and stimulate it to this action.
Next, you should pay attention to the fact that the claws of the animal do not have a clear tissue separation, and you need to cut off the white (light) tip so as not to touch the part of the claw where the blood vessels pass. A blood vessel inside the nail is visible through the thickness of the nail.
The edge of the clipped claw can be sanded with a coarse abrasive file. After clipping the claws, give the animal a treat so that pleasant memories of it overshadow the unpleasant procedure, and in subsequent times the animal does not oppose clipping.
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