On 29/01/2010 01:11, YvonneD wrote:
I decided to try the EmeryCat. My little cat's claws are very sharp
and tend to get stuck on things. Cutting them is a real ordeal that
requires one to cut and one to hold her down. We all end up
traumatized.


What the EmeryCat is, is just those regular corrugated cardboard
scratching boards with one side covered with a fine sand. The sand is
somehow glued on. When I opened the package, loose sand spilled all
over the floor. I shook off anything that was loose and put it down.

My cat tried it once and wouldn't scratch on it again. However, she
did sit on it and ended up with sand in her fur. I'm sure that
licking the sand it not a good idea. I brushed her and that was the
end of EmeryCat.

Here's the rip off: The two EmeryCat's were 19.95. Not bad, right?
But - the shipping was $15. If I return them, I lose the $15 and
whatever I have to pay for the return shipping.

I feel like an idiot, but I was really hoping they would work. I'm
sure there are cats out there that would love it, but I still would
worry about them swallowing the sand.


I started to file my Burmese cat's nails with an emery board from 3
months, so this does all the layers at once - now he expects it in the
bathroom in the morning - after I cross my legs and wait for my master
to finish his morning pee in the toilet bowl he pops up on to the chair
and waits to be brushed and nails attended to. LOL I will post a video
sometime - who said you can't train cats... it's all a battle of wills..