"CatNipped" wrote in message
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"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
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CatNipped wrote:
As predicted, Jessie went ballistic and, for now, still has her
sharpened claws.

That's the reason Xoxo never has had his claws clipped.

about buying a tranquilizer gun before we even try it on Sammy. The

The big ones tend to be softies... at least in our household. Rufous
doesn't even pull back when I trim his claws.

You're right! After I posted this I did Sammy's and she just sat beside
me on the sofa and let me giver her a "manicure"!! ;


long as I was scritching and praising. We did have to use the towel to
get the last hind paw done, but it was also easy - as soon as her head
was covered she lay there quietly.

We never clip their back claws, they are never sharp.

Really? I've gotten some of the worst scratches when I was "bunny-kicked"
by a cat - longer and deeper than when they get me with their front claws!
I didn't do Sammy's or the kittens' back claws yet - we're taking this
slowly!!! ;



I've been bunny kicked as well, and it isn't so much the sharp as the
strength behind it. I think Jake could take out a pretty good chunk of
flesh with his back feet even trimmed.

Jo