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celticgeek:
OW is right!
One one similar occasion, my wife stuck her hand out to keep the cat from falling. Results were more or less the same, except it was her arm that got scratched all to shreds.
Redball:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 29 Jul 2013, 06:49 ---And then, when you look down, you don't just see two long scratch marks on your thigh, but you see a piece of kitten's CLAW sticking out of your scratch mark. (Not the whole thing; just about the consistency of a trim piece of a fingernail.)
--- End quote ---
Maybe it was just the about to fall off sheath of the claw. My cats bite on their claws and pull them away from their teeth. Which must explain why I find little discards on the floor and furniture.
I keep thinking I should learn to clip the very short sharp ends of their claws for my protection.
nekowafer:
It was almost certainly a part that was going to come off anyway. Cat nails are tougher than human nails and it takes a lot of work to remove them.
It's always a good idea to trim cat's nails, as well. It doesn't take long, and is not that difficult, if you have either a calmer cat or a helper or two. Just be sure not to get too close to the quick.
LTK:
Not sure that'll work unless you do it very regularly. Those sheaths fall off to make sure the claw stays sharp. My cat used to sharpen his claws on the older pieces of wooden garden furniture, so I think that even if we clipped them regularly he'd just sharpen them back in shape in no time.
He was actually really gentle with his claws, and we almost never got scratches from him, either from swiping or by accident. Whenever you'd have im in your lap he'd do that pawing where he digs his claws in your leg, which can hurt sometimes but never breaks your skin or anything. He'd also extend his hind claws if I'd pet him while he was sleeping on my legs or chest, but his hind claws were completely blunted so it was just a bit tickly.
Anyway, a friend who's a foreign student from Italy has a rabbit, but since she's gone home for the holidays her rabbit went to another foreign student from Italy, and since he's having his room inspected this week I get to babysit the rabbit for a few days. Yaay.
nekowafer:
It would certainly have to be done regularly. I try to do claw clipping for all my beasts every two weeks.
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