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Cat
Scratching & Declawing
We own a cat and had a serious problem with it scratching
our 4 year old daughter. My daughter can get a little rough with her
so for the most part our cat was just trying to squirm out of her
grasp and my daughter would invariably get scratched. We had to find
a solution, fast.
We considered declawing as the first, obvious choice.
Didn't really know a lot about it but figured it was a relatively
simple procedure, pull the nails off of the cat like nails off of
a human. Little painful but the cat would recover, right? Well, after
further research we discovered that is actually more of an amputation
than anything else. A cat's paw has more than just a nail at the end
of a joint. It is an integral part of its foot structure.
Declawing a cat can cause a cat to compensate for it's sudden loss
of it's main defensive weapon by biting more and becoming more aggressive.
The scratching that cats do serve to work its front muscles, keeping
them strong. Bottom line, we didn't like this alternative. My sister
in law's cat is declawed and it does bite more and is a bit aggressive.
We thought about socks, but after 30 seconds that idea was tossed.
While surfing the web, I came across a site that sold these little
rubber tips that could be placed over the cat's nails, thus instead
of a sharp pointy nail there would be a smooth, rubber surface. I
purchased a kit. Tried them, they work great. They last a few weeks
and then fall off and we simply replace the missing ones. No more
scratches now. They seem a bit expensive for super glue and some rubber
tips, but I can't find them anywhere else and they surely work.
Please reconsider declawing, as these tips work great!
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