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Originally Posted by Tiger's Mom

Yes I definitely cut Tiger's nails. I have not taken him to the groomer ever and the vet normally does it for me at N/C as it is part of the normal check-up routine. But now that he is complete with his shots for the time being, then I have been doing it myself.

I got the clipper at walmart . .fairly inexpensive. I always clean my Tigers 4 paws, his behind and his thinking every single time he relieves himself. So he is fairly used to me paw handling him . However, he can sometimes resist and wonders what contraption I am holding . So the best time for me to cut his nails is in the early morning (saturday when we don't have to get up so early yet bright enough) when he is not quite so awake yet. Or better, if you can do it while he is asleep. I always do it every other week and I only nip the edge of the nails, as shown to me by my vet. Also, it is better to clip at an angle making sure that when his paws are firm on the ground it levels (hope I explained that well enough ).

Doing it yourself isn't so hard and it sure saves you a ton of money. Hope this helps.

I have never filed but would like to get a filer . . . .can anyone tell me if I can use human mail filers?

I tried to use a filer and it was just as hard. CHloe wants me to have nothing to do with her nails