Berzerker
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I haven't tried it myself, I put a heavier cover over a couch so the dog wouldn't tear it up with her claws. She runs around so much her nails dont need clipping.
Cats and Kittens
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While our cats mostly use trees and stuff to keep their claws short and very sharp, they also seem to like these with catnip.
Snerk
Smeghead
My cat does a lot of climbing in trees but she likes to scratch indoors too. It was a game changer getting her a tall scratching post. The old ones I've had were only 40 cm or so tall and she didn't use them much. But after I got her a 1 m tall one were she can stretch out and scratch, even climb a little, she's been using it a lot. And generally she's quite kind to the furniture and stuff.
Don't apologize. Your photos are giving me all sorts of captioning ideas (not that I'd post anything without permission).I'm so sorry, I have like hundreds of photographs of my cat, lol.
My dad brought a couple of stumps back from BC, one trip, and put them in the back yard to serve as tables. The cats decided to use them for scratching posts.
Over the years, Maddy and Chloe basically wrecked my arm chair. You can still sit in it, but it looks terrible. I just put a blanket over it and if anyone makes a comment I tell them, better the chair than the carpet - since the carpet belongs to the company that owns the building, I'd have to pay damages.
Velegon
Chieftain
My first cat had dark nails which made it more difficult for me to see the quick. He also didn't like me touching his feet - so when I tried to cut his nails, he calmly tucked his paws under him - and that was that (so I got the vet to cut his nails).
My current cat is better with me touching his feet and has lighter colored nails so the quick is visible - but he also tucked his paws under him when I tried to cut his nails - and gave me a little nip too - so until I figure out how to cut them - I'm back to the vet for the nail cutting sigh.
My current cat is better with me touching his feet and has lighter colored nails so the quick is visible - but he also tucked his paws under him when I tried to cut his nails - and gave me a little nip too - so until I figure out how to cut them - I'm back to the vet for the nail cutting sigh.
Oh please feel free to caption my kitty photos, I trust you!
Lucy however only trusts her food dish I think. She tries to murder me daily at her feeding time when I'm trying to walk downstairs. Her Imperial Majesty is never impressed with my complaints.
If you grab a cat by the scruff of its neck (like their mom carried them) and hold them there, they tend to go limp. Another person might then be able to clip a few nails. Practice holding them this way in different situations to see what works best: while they are lying down, with hind legs on the floor, four feet on the floor, while in your arms etc. Our cats have all seemed to enjoy being grabbed like this. And you can be somewhat forceful in it. Try it as a repeated massage with lots of upward pull on the back of the neck.
A spring loaded clamp will allow hands free handling of the feline. Not that I would ever condone messing with the claws of one, that's what trees are for, in whatever shape or form your carpenter has fashioned them.
Snerk
Smeghead
I've been told that you shouldn't lift an adult cat by the scruff as it's painful or uncomfortable for the cat. Can't vouch for it though.
aimeeandbeatles
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My cat just brought me a dead bug. I have no idea what kind of bug it was because it's all squished. Uh, thanks?
Snerk
Smeghead
Display your gratitude by consuming the gift of free protein your feline friend has provided for you.
That is correct. I've had to lift Maddy like that occasionally, and she doesn't find it a pleasant experience. In fact, she gets pretty irate.
Here is a list of YouTube videos showing how to clip a cat's claws.
I haven't watched any of them, so I can't vouch for any in particular. I use a regular nail clipper on Maddy. Sometimes she gets through the whole thing without fussing or fighting me, and sometimes we have to go through a wrestling match. Sometimes I'll end up with a scratch or two. But it's a necessary thing that needs to be done.
Exactly. You've been given a gift, and the proper response is to say, "Thank you" and praise the cat. Then when your cat isn't looking, quietly dispose of the bug.
You don't have to actually lift and hold them by their scruff. Just tug on it enough to pull the skin and body up. Practice the technique on your cat and find the point where that works. Think of it as a firm neck massage during which you hold the cat at the peak of the pull.
Berzerker
Deity
pilling my cats is the hardest thing taking care of them, since they hunt rodents they need deworming pills every 3-4 months
Broken_Erika
Play with me.
You just gotta embed the pills in fish.
Yep, my Tomtat was good at eating very carefully around the pill and spitting it out.
In his case he had a condition that resulted in the urine crystallizing in his body, and that's something that will kill a cat if you don't deal with it quick enough. We got him to the vet in time.
After he finished the course of medication he wasn't allowed to have fish anymore, and had to go on a low-ash/low-magnesium diet. Since then, I've never fed any of my cats fish as a normal part of their diet. I'll share a bit of salmon with Maddy now and then, but not too much.
In his case he had a condition that resulted in the urine crystallizing in his body, and that's something that will kill a cat if you don't deal with it quick enough. We got him to the vet in time.
After he finished the course of medication he wasn't allowed to have fish anymore, and had to go on a low-ash/low-magnesium diet. Since then, I've never fed any of my cats fish as a normal part of their diet. I'll share a bit of salmon with Maddy now and then, but not too much.
Snerk
Smeghead
I just pop the pill down her throat and keep her head up to make sure it's not coming out. Too easy, I don't deserve it, but there we are.
Broken_Erika
Play with me.
How many stitches on average do you end up with when doing that?
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