Camon Small Nail Clipper for Dogs & Cats - 12cm

The Camon Small Nail Clipper for Dogs & Cats is a 12 cm plier-style claw clipper for cats and small dogs, with stainless steel blades, a safety guard and a locking catch.

Key Features

• Polished stainless steel cutting blades
• Safety guard that limits how far the blades close, which makes it harder to take off more nail than you meant to
• Locking catch that holds the handles shut when it is put away
• Anti-slip handle grips and a sprung action, so the jaws reopen on their own between cuts
• 12 cm overall — sized for cats and small dogs rather than for thick nails
• Made by Camon, an Italian pet accessory manufacturer

How To Trim Nails Safely

• Take small slivers off the tip rather than one decisive cut. On dark nails the quick cannot be seen, so you go a little at a time and look at the cut end after each pass
• Stop when a pale oval appears in the centre of the cut surface. That is the quick approaching, and the next cut would draw blood
• Do not forget the dewclaws on the inside of the front legs. They touch nothing, so they keep growing and can curl into the pad
• Keep styptic powder or a bar of soap to hand. Pressing a bleeding nail into soap will stop it
• If the nails are already long, take a little off weekly. The quick recedes over several weeks and cannot be rushed
• Handle the paws for a few days first, with a treat each time, before the clippers come out at all

Good To Know

• Catching the quick hurts and bleeds, and an animal remembers it. Going slowly is not caution, it is how you keep it co-operating next month
• Nails that click on a hard floor are already too long. Ideally they should not touch the ground when the animal is standing still
• Blunt clippers crush the nail instead of cutting it, which is what makes animals flinch. Replace them once they start to squash rather than slice
• If an animal will not let you near its feet, a vet or groomer can do it in a couple of minutes. It is not worth a fight that sets you back months
• At 12 cm this is the small clipper in the range. For a large dog with thick nails, the large version will do the job with less effort