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Old June 4th 15, 11:25 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 6/4/2015 6:17 PM, MaryL wrote:
On 6/4/2015 5:00 PM, jmcquown wrote:
On 6/4/2015 5:28 PM, Takayuki wrote:
On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:33:09 -0400, jmcquown
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Yes, she is. If she'd only stop trying to hold onto me with those
claws
extended. She's sort of treating me like a piece of furniture,
something to be grabbed onto. It's not as if I'm trying to carry her
around. When she's in my lap and I need to get up sometimes ouch!

I'll need to get a lesson in claw clipping.

Your first front-clawed cat? She's just precious, and after
pointing the
Facebook group to your pictures, they're just oohing and aahing over how
pretty she is.

Persia was the only other cat I ever had. Whoever had her before me had
front declawed her. So yes, Buffy is my first fully clawed cat.

I know Buffy isn't extending her claws to hurt me. She's doing it
because she wants to hang on so as not to fall. When she's in my lap
she uses her claws to hold on to *me* before jumping down. Yes, those
sharp little claws hurt.

Eventually I'll have to learn how to get her to let me clip her claws.
That should be a getting to know you process!

I also suspect she might need a tooth cleaning. She's been rubbing her
mouth against my hand. This is not just cheek to cheek transfer of
pheromones. When her gums are exposed I can see her teeth don't look
all that great. That might be why she's been avoiding food until last
night. She ate some more gooshy food again this morning. Then she ate
some of the dry, but only after I sprinkled some of Persia's favourite
dried barley grass on it.

It's too bad the caregiver had absolutely no veterinary records
information about Buffy.

Jill

Yes, a complete physical exam is in order. One of the symptoms when
Duffy needed to have teeth pulled (both times) is that he started to cry
in a loud, complaining voice, and he kept rubbing his mouth against my
chin. He would rub hard!--so hard his teeth were uncomfortable against
my chin. After the offending teeth were pulled, he stopped doing that.

MaryL

Yes, I'm thinking this is definitely in order. It's the one problem you
encounter when you adopt a cat... there's no real information.

Jill