for cat lovers/owners

[Sasq]

I don't usualy post about products.
But I was checking through the links section of one of my favorite web comics ( www.twolumps.net ) when I came across this....

https://www.softpaws.com

I am not a fan of de-clawing, and this seems like a more then workable solution.

[Claymonkey]

Declawing is EVIL! You are basically amputating to the first knuckle on every finger of their paws. It truly can mess up the tendons in their legs and cause major problems. Just think if someone cut off all your fingertips to the first bend in your fingers... ouch.

[Guru]

Thougt you were going to post this:

[KRSESQ]

Declawing is EVIL! You are basically amputating to the first knuckle on every finger of their paws. It truly can mess of the tendons in their legs and cause major problems. Just think if someone cut off all your fingertips to the first bend in your fingers... ouch.

It's not quite that bad anymore. Most enlightened vets take a more humane approach and just remove the bed of the claw, leaving the tendons and joints intact. At least, that's what our vet did with Dusty.

And it's a good thing, too. Dusty plays ROUGH. If she weren't declawed (at least in the front), she'd have turned my hands to hamburger a long time ago.

The main objection to declawing is that it removes a cat's first line of defence. Of course, it's also recommended that you keep your cat indoors to avoid disease or injury or worse, so that point is probably moot.

At any rate there's no way Dusty would keep such a product on her claws. It would be about as practical and easy to just trim the claws once a week. And in Dusty's case ease and practicality would NOT be factors.

Kevin

[Rob(QG)]

I would have thought the most humane would be to not have a cat if the scratching is gonna be a problem. It's a cat, it scratches, what's the big deal?

It is illegal or virtually so in many European countries.