Downtown Pet SupplyDowntown Pet Supply - Cat Muzzle for Grooming - Gentle and Soft Muzzle - Cat Grooming Supplies - Nylon - Medium

After reading both good and bad reviews on this bag, I decided to give it a try and I'm so glad I did. This was a great buy for my cats! This made trimming their nails a breeze. I have 3 Tabby cats that are from the same litter. I purchased a MEDIUM bag because my cats (that need the bag) weigh in at 10lbs and 12lbs. For size requirements, I tested my 15lb rotund Tabby. He barely fit in the bag but I did get him in there. So if your cat is close to 15lbs or long-haired, I would suggest the LARGE size of this bag.As other reviewers stated, there is no directions with this bag. This is how I easily put my cats in the bag...(Praise your cat during this process to make them comfortable)1. Leave all zippers closed except for the long one on top of bag. Make sure you open the zippers so that both zippers are at the "tail end" of the bag so that the velco area around the neck can open fully. Open all velcro, and lay bag on the table spread wide open.2. Attach the included muzzle on your cat. The "seam" that aligns with the nose hole will go along their bottom jaw. This allows the longest part of the black canvas material to cover their eyes as well. Make sure before you velcro it closed, you position the nose hole accordingly.3. Place your cat in the opened area as far towards the back of the bag as possible, attach the neck velcro part FIRST. Make sure it is snug enough so they can't "paw it" open but NOT too tight to cut of breathing. You should be able to fit two fingers comfortably in the enclose neck area if properly attached.4. Now, lift up the sides over your cat's back, tuck the tail in the bag, and attach the velcro closed. You may have to gently force your cat to lay down so you can secure the velcro then use the first zipper and zip the bag up towards the neck leaving second zipper at the "tail end". This long zipper should stay along the cat's spine so that you can properly utilize the other zippers to release paws for grooming.5. Your cat should now be "snug like a bug" in the bag. You can use the handles to carry and move your cat wherever you need to at this point. They are very sturdy.6. Finally, you can use the other zippers to release their paws for nail cutting. I found that releasing one paw zipper at a time worked best for me. I would release one zippered paw, cut the nails, tuck the paw back in, zipper it closed, and then release the next one, etc. This will prevent them (hopefully) from scratching you or getting away somehow.If your cats bite when agitated, I would suggest keeping the muzzle on. Other than that you could probably take it off once you have them in the bag. My cats stayed pretty calm once they were snug in the bag. Although, they did growl at me a couple times because they really hate getting their nails cut. Lol. I hope this helps some of you who were having trouble getting their cats in the bag.In conclusion, I'm very happy with this bag and it made cutting my cats' nails 200% easier. As far as long-term durability, I'm not sure how long it will last because the canvas is thin but it seems to be made well. But at a price point of $16.99, I would definitely buy it again if it were to rip or break. I would highly recommend this to cat owners who have trouble cutting their cats nails with ease or who don't want to pay their vet a fee to do it anymore. ;)

This has saved me some trouble on a few occasions. Not all my cats like their nails clipped and some days they get fussier than usual. (Especially if someone is visiting.) All the zippers give easy access to every foot. Easy to get the cat into and out of and if you need to pull the handle to reposition the cat it does not choke or pull on their neck. I will state that a small sized adult cat will be "swimming" in it and you'll have some trouble getting at their legs even at the access points. Large cats will be very snug in this. We have a very large male cat and he fits just fine but I would imagine a large male Maine coon or Norwegian Forest cat might not be able to fit in this. I have tried to use this to help bath a cat and while it can help keep them in place it isn't practical. So if you plan on purchasing this to help bath a cat just know you'll have trouble reaching all of their body to scrub them and it doesn't have the best flat of bottoms so the cat can roll. I ended up just removing the cat from the bag and finished washing them without it. ( Adult cat was a recent stray and I wasn't sure how their bath etiquette would be. ) Takes a long while to dry out as well. Works best for nail clipping! ( I'd imagine this might be good for small dogs who need their nails clipped too! )

I'm floating between 3/4 stars. Really, the bag was fine and I felt like it was well made. My cats even liked it at first and the gentler one let me zip her up! But as soon as I started to clip her nails it was kind of a disaster. She even was able to halfway turn around in it like a kid getting caught in a sleeping bag. Ahh!But the bag did help a bit at first as a restraining device and I clipped most of her nails, but pretty much with me still holding her the way I would with a towel.However, I purchased this size for my bigger boy cat, not for the smaller cat, so that's why it was slightly big and maybe why she was able to move around more, which might have had something to do with it not fully securely/calming her.My boy cat is nuuuuuts, haha. He's strong. He does not let this kind of thing happen, really. So if you have a strong cat who is defiant and independant... don't even bother, haha. I could get the velcro around his neck and maybe one paw near the opening, but he could easily get out of the velcro so it was a non-starter.Both cats didn't love the mask, but the girl tolerated it for a bit, and eventually both could get it off. Though it was super cute and easy to put on. I think I just have a big, strong, kookoo, defiant cat (who sounds like he's tap dancing because I still can't cut his nails on my own), so this kind of thing maybe isn't for cats like that.Given all that, the bag seems to be constructed well, but the zippers on the sides did open easily so it wasn't like, a foolproof way to keep their paw out, they could just bring it back in, or, in the case of my boy cat, any movement of his could unzip those zippers easily. He's not even huge (maybe 11/12 lbs?) just a wild child. So if you have one of those, maybe not going to work. OR, you need someone to help, that could have made a difference. I live on my own so even after almost two weeks of slowly trying to introduce him to this, it was just not worth it, sadly! If you have better patience and/or a calmer cat, I would recommend.