lad@vaxine.UUCP (Leslie A. Dubinsky) (12/10/85)
Has anyone out there ever clipped their cat's rear claws? Without rekindling the old declawing/clipping debate, all of my cats have all of their claws. Although they are pretty considerate about not intentionally clawing the furniture, they manage to ruin table tops by sliding onto and jumping off of them (even though they are not "allowed" on them in the first place), marring the finish with their rear claws. I am about to get a new table which I would rather not see damaged; should I clip their rear nails as I do the front ones?
kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner) (12/13/85)
In article <9@vaxine.UUCP> lad@vaxine.UUCP (Leslie A. Dubinsky) writes: > > Has anyone out there ever clipped their cat's rear claws? Without >rekindling the old declawing/clipping debate, all of my cats have all of >their claws. Although they are pretty considerate about not intentionally >clawing the furniture, they manage to ruin table tops by sliding onto and >jumping off of them (even though they are not "allowed" on them in the first >place), marring the finish with their rear claws. I am about to get a new >table which I would rather not see damaged; should I clip their rear nails >as I do the front ones? Yes, of course. The cat will probably bitch a lot about your doing it--they just seem to resent more having their hind paws handled. And, of course, since the claws on the rear are thicker, you have to clip more carefully. Anyway, we have always clipped rear claws on those cats for which we felt the real claws were damaging furniture. -- Herb Kanner Tymnet, Inc. ...!hplabs!oliveb!tymix!kanner
odell@dciem.UUCP (Patricia Odell) (12/19/85)
I began to clip my cats rear nail for similar reasons! The first time I did, I used regular nail clippers (the people kind!). They worked fine for front paw nails so I figured they would do the trick for the rear paws.... ..... wrong!! The rear nails are much thicker than front ones - on Oliver's paws anyway - and the nail clippers tended to cut very poorly. I got a proper pet nail-clipper from my vet ($9.00 Can.) which makes a very clean and quick cut. They work well and because they are very sharp they cut quickly. Speed is of essence as Oliver's tolerance level can be reached rather quickly at nail cutting time!! Patti