Our big kitty can lift his mammoth paws up to the couch for a stretch and scratch without thinking while the cat-scratching ‘station’ stands just feet away.
I’ll call him on it and get an alert look as he keeps going, hoping to get a good stretch before I chase him away from the couch because he knows. He’s a stubborn but he’s lovable and that’s just the way it is.
Our solution for the moment since getting new couches… we have three cat-scratching posts our cats use, but for our especially stubborn kitty, I put pieces of aluminium foil molded over the corners of the couch that he is tempted by. Works like a charm.
When I get around to it, I’m going to try stray pieces of double-sided tape instead, which are less obvious. Cats hate sticky things (our little kitty loves to hate Post-Its) and I think that will have a more lasting effect to discourage his compulsion to grab the couch. Plus it will be amusing if he forgets about the tape ;)
Nov 13, 08:53PM PST | 0 comments
my little Montster celebrated his little claws adorning his silky paws and wrestled my hand for a play-bite.
The amusement watching him try to bite a fist… :)
He’s a lover, not a fighter, but at least he has some idea.
Feb 01, 2006, 04:57AM PST | 0 comments
Words synonymous to ‘declawing’ that spring to mind:
mutilatev.
Destroy or injure severely [syn: maim, mangle, disfigure, cut up] (mutilation n.)
maimv.
Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
I know for a fact that many vets (including my friend) refuse to declaw cats for the same reason they refuse to dock tails from dogs: it’s mutilation (more info in sharryfairy’s and uma’s entries below).
Fact: cats have these things called CLAWS. Don’t like it – don’t get a cat.
My Monte loves his scratching post (pictured above), a second-hand gift from a friend. He also likes using my woven storage and laundry baskets. It does no harm and he enjoys it :)
Jan 30, 2006, 05:21PM PST | 4 cheers | 7 comments
