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Old June 14th 15, 10:09 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Christina Websell
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

Jill has never had a cat with front claws before. Persia was declawed
before she got her. Which is not allowed here. Only America allows
declawing and it's time to say no.


I agree! I realized a long time ago, one can either have cats or nice
furniture, not both. (Unless the cats are not allowed in the house near
the furniture, which is no real solution.)


Once upon a long time ago Boyfie clawed my furniture to attract my attention
about teatime. I told him "if you do that one more time, I will put you
outside" He did it one more time so I put him outside. He never clawed my
furniture again.
He knows very well what I say, sometimes he chances his luck.



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Old June 14th 15, 10:11 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Christina wrote:
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

Jill has never had a cat with front claws before. Persia was declawed
before she got her. Which is not allowed here. Only America allows
declawing and it's time to say no.


I agree! I realized a long time ago, one can either have cats or nice
furniture, not both. (Unless the cats are not allowed in the house near
the furniture, which is no real solution.)

Once upon a long time ago Boyfie clawed my furniture to attract my attention
about teatime. I told him "if you do that one more time, I will put you
outside" He did it one more time so I put him outside. He never clawed my
furniture again.
He knows very well what I say, sometimes he chances his luck.


Shut up you stupid ****.

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Old June 14th 15, 11:02 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 6/11/2015 8:38 PM, Rusty wrote:
On Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 8:30:53 AM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
On 6/7/2015 1:44 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" t wrote in message
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On 6/4/2015 4:17 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Here's Buffy!

http://i58.tinypic.com/10miykn.jpg

Jill

She's lovely.


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.


Ah, yes, I'd forgotten Persia had been front declawed. Boyfie has
only
once grabbed me hard - he was so fast asleep on my lap, he rolled over,
and
started to fall. Ouch, but very forgivable in the circumstances.
Although, he is often so ecstatic when he's on my lap that he cannot
help
flexing his claws in and out slightly whilst he's purring. That's only
like
pinpricks though. I've learned to put a blanket over my knee every
time I
sit down. You might have to do the same ;-)

I would *melt* if I had to put a blanket over my knees every time I sat
down. The climate is quite different here from where you live. It is
not even mid-June and already the outside temps are 90°F/32°C. I
couldn't live without air conditioning. This time of year I keep the
indoor temp set around 73°F/23°C and even that is *just* comfortable for
me. I have to run a fan to be able to sleep at night.


I put a Purr Pad on my lap and Rusy loved to sit on purr pad.
It worked very well as purr pads are very light and made of polyester, I
think.
It gets very hot here too.
Plus the Purr Pad trapped any fur Rusty shed.
You can get them at pets store.

There aren't any pet stores where I live. I'm not even sure the PetCo (or
is it PetSmart?) is still open. It's on the other side of town. At any
rate, anything polyester would be terribly hot. Cotton is king around my
house. Nearly all my clothing is 100% cotton or linen. I am of that
"age" where I get hot easily, if you know what I mean.

So far she's ignoring the two scratching posts I bought for her.


Are these vertical scratching posts? Rusty won't use them.
The one I got hang from a door knob.
When I put it flat on the floor, he went for it with gusto.

I got one that is flat and one that is verticle. I've even showed her how
to scratch at them. She's ignoring them but my fingernails never looked
better! LOL Actually, she's been scratching at the wooden posts on that
piece of cat furniture I have, as intended.

I ordered a nail clipper. I've been getting her used to my touching her
paws so I don't think it will be a big deal for me to clip them. Buffy
is a rather laid back cat.


After 15 years, it was still a struggle for me to clip Rusty's claws.
If you cut to the quick by accident like I did when Rusty squirmed and
struggled, you can put a bit of flour to stop the bleeding.
That was what the vet told me to do

Winnie


Claws are no problem here. All Uk cats have full sets;
Good tip, thanks! I actually thought about buying a styptic pencil just
in case I clip too far. Flour, I already have. Thanks!

Jill

you have a cat with all claws but she has not learnt about "never touch your
meowmie with your claws"
I don't know how Boyfie learnt this, but he did. He just knows that. Never
do the claws..
Unless pressing a point about when meowmie says "not time yet" for teatime.
I get the one claw then. In case I
didn't notice the nearly pat on the face. He never touches me with it, it's
just the next thing to say if the nearly pat is ignored.

idn't notiver the pat

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Old June 21st 15, 05:37 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"MaryL" wrote in message
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On 6/8/2015 2:12 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


Christina Websell wrote:

Jill has never had a cat with front claws before. Persia was declawed
before she got her. Which is not allowed here. Only America allows
declawing and it's time to say no.


I agree! I realized a long time ago, one can either have cats or nice
furniture, not both. (Unless the cats are not allowed in the house near
the furniture, which is no real solution.)


Actually, I have both. I have a number of scratching posts and two cat
trees that are beginning to get well-shredded. One chair has a number of
scratched areas. Other than that, my cats have not damaged the walls or
furniture. They have the run of the house and leave their fur everywhere,
but no damage. However, when it comes to a question of cats or furniture,
there is no doubt about it...my cats have absolute priority.

MaryL

Same here. Boyfie did once start to claw the arm of my expensive armchair
about "I told you it was teatime" when it wasn't but he doesn't do it now,
so yes, he's damaged my furniture. But I ask myself "if he was lying dead,
would I want him to come alive again or have a perfect chair?"
No contest.

Tweed




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Old June 21st 15, 06:01 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Rusty" wrote in message
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On Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 11:56:38 PM UTC-4, jmcquown wrote:
So far she's ignoring the two scratching posts I bought for her.



I bought Boyfie a scratching post once. Total ignore mode. It might be
because he can exercise his claws on my trees. He's not interested in
jumping into the cardboard boxes I once got for him either. In fact he said
"why are the boxes in the house?" i said "I thought you might like them to
jump in and out of "
He sighed.
But he did find a bean I'd dropped when I was planting yesterday, and played
with it. It made him get the zoomies. Which is lovely as he's normally such
an earnest boy.

Tweed



 




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