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How come after I struggle to clip my cat's nails (while she fights and resist), I let her go and she runs and hides...then 1 minute later she is all over me again?

I would think she would be made at me for at least an hour.

Posted - July 19, 2016

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  • 3934

    Cats can have a weird form of ADD.

    I have seen several instances of a cat stalking/playing (either with a toy or chasing a live animal) where it suddenly stopped what it was doing and decided that RIGHT NOW was the perfect time to start grooming itself.

    I'm not sure what the neurological explanation is, but apparently your cat forgets the nail-trimming trauma quickly and then thinks, "Human! Warm! Play time! Cuddles! Maybe food!"

      July 19, 2016 12:39 PM MDT
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  • I guess. She's so weird.

      July 19, 2016 12:41 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    She knows you well enough to know you are done or forgot and she hopes she can too.

      July 19, 2016 12:43 PM MDT
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  • 2500

    Cats are all different, just like people.

    One of ours used to sit patiently and would allow me to trim his claws (I just nipped off the sharp tips to blunt them) but wouldn't let the better half touch him. Apparently she drew blood one time by cutting them too close, drew blood, and that was all it took.

    Another cat we had that was usually very calm would turn inside out if she (the cat) got a bath. The better half could calm her enough to get her to tolerate it but she would literally tear anyone else up that tried to bathe her. We always though that someone had tried to drown her when she was a kitten (all of our cats have been, or are strays that hang around for the chow and a dry, cushy place to sleep; some for as long as 24-years).

    So maybe you got too close with trimming your cat's claws one time? If she comes back to you after a few minutes it sounds like she still likes to snuggle up to you, which is good. It will take a while but just try clipping the tips and after she gets used to that you can take a bit more off. But whatever you do don't go too deep. Cats seem to have a short memory about some things but the memory of that pain will stay with them almost forever. Keep in mind too that you're taking away her ability to catch and kill pray when you do that, at least instinctively. (The front claws catch, the back claws kill; but even without the claws they'll still manage to take songbirds and the occasional rabbit when left to their own outdoors; they still have those big incisors.)

      July 19, 2016 1:19 PM MDT
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  • 3934

    Appropriate cat memes for the above discussion:

      July 19, 2016 1:28 PM MDT
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  • They're cats. .. Who knows ... I have three and every time I think I have them figured out they surprise me
      July 19, 2016 1:34 PM MDT
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  • 6988

     My cat thinks I'M THE BIG PUSSY!

      July 19, 2016 1:53 PM MDT
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  • 1264

    Are you on your cycle.

      July 19, 2016 7:14 PM MDT
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  • 373

    Lol to that picture!

      August 10, 2016 4:16 PM MDT
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  • 373

    She wants to get away from you clipping her claws.

    She must think when she comes back to you that you won't clip her claws again.

      August 10, 2016 4:18 PM MDT
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