RE: cats claws and furniture Have you tried the 2 sided sticky tape, I thing Petsmart and Petco carry it. You put it on places where cats have started cawing. For some reason, they don't like the sticky stuff and they lave it alone. After a bit, you can remove it and hey don't come back to it. Had a friend try it once. Me, I just have los of scratch posts and the emery covered cardboard gadget. It is curved so they can stand on the low endand scratch on the high end. My guys like it a lot. Kind of messy, have to vacumn around it a lot, but better than reupholstering.
---- MaiMaiPG <maima...@gmail.com> wrote: > metal is great too. Porch furniture can be used inside too. > On Aug 27, 2011, at 8:20 AM, Natalie wrote: > > > The best furniture is wooden futons......and bentwood chairs, that's > > what we have in the kitchen and the TV room, where most cats are. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > > ] On Behalf Of Lynda Wilson > > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:45 AM > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > > > > My thoughts exactly! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Marcia Baronda" <marciabmar...@gmail.com> > > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 7:30 AM > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > > > > > >> My cats have destroyed my new furniture, but I love my cats much > >> much more > >> than I like my furniture, and declawing has never been an option at > >> my > >> house. I voice my opinion as much as possible on that subject. But > >> I have > >> found that some people think that just goes along with having a > >> cat. What > >> totally pisses me off is the ones that declaw and then decide to > >> put them > >> outside!! > >> > >> Sent from my iPad > >> > >> On Aug 26, 2011, at 11:06 PM, katskat1 <katsk...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Just add this to the consideration. > >>> > >>> To summarize, 'declawing' is a misnomer. When a cat is 'declawed' > >>> they are having their toes amputated at the first knuckle. Period. > >>> > >>> Now, think about you having all ten toes cut off at the first > >>> knuckle. > >>> > >>> Kat > >>> > >>> On 8/26/11, Gloria Lane <gbl...@aristotle.net> wrote: > >>>> Problem is declawing is so harmful to adult cats- painful, hard to > >>>> adjust > >>>> to, it can ruin them. Not right for kittens, but for adults it's > >>>> just > >>>> mean, > >>>> torturous. Just not a good thing to do. There are places that > >>>> allow > >>>> cats w > >>>> claws but folks may not think bout that till the last thing. But > >>>> then > >>>> grandma or whoever dies or goes to an Alzheimer's facility and > >>>> then who > >>>> wants a cat ruined by declaw. > >>>> > >>>> Gloria > >>>> > >>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>> > >>>> On Aug 26, 2011, at 7:25 PM, Kelley Saveika <moonv...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> It wouldn't be you going without the cat, it would be the cat > >>>>> going > >>>>> without you. I have seen cats given up by their owners grieve and > >>>>> mourn > >>>>> themselves TO DEATH. I've seen cats given away by their owners be > >>>>> fine. > >>>>> I've seen cats who have been declawed suffer. I have seen cats > >>>>> who > >>>>> have > >>>>> been declawed do absolutely fine. It isn't all as easy as it > >>>>> looks > >>>>> sometimes. > >>>>> > >>>>> I have not had a cat declawed but I did have one who had to have a > >>>>> mastectomy and who I am sure would have been in horrible pain > >>>>> had it > >>>>> not > >>>>> been for the oral pain meds the vet prescribed. I would hope > >>>>> any vet > >>>>> doing declaw surgery would provide pain meds. > >>>>> > >>>>> At any rate I'm 44 so hopefully it would be a while before I > >>>>> went into > >>>>> a > >>>>> nursing home. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> I would seriously consider declawing very, very seriously– it is > >>>>> the > >>>>> most > >>>>> devastating thing for a cat. Knowing what I do, I would be more > >>>>> heartbroken doing it to a beloved cat than being without the > >>>>> cat, trust > >>>>> me. I wonder how a cat would feel if > >>>>> > >>>>> he/she knew that it had a choice between missing the owner or > >>>>> having > >>>>> their > >>>>> paws mutilated? According to Dr. Nicholas Doddman, who wrote > >>>>> The Cat > >>>>> that > >>>>> Cried for Help, after declawing surgery, cats feel such extreme > >>>>> pain > >>>>> that > >>>>> they either climb the walls of the cage or sit completely morose > >>>>> and > >>>>> cowering in the corner, something that their owners will never > >>>>> see. I > >>>>> have a copy of an article written for NY Times Magazine a few > >>>>> years > >>>>> ago, > >>>>> where a woman writes about declawing her older cat because her > >>>>> mother’s > >>>>> oriental rug was being scratched up. It is one of my hand-out’s > >>>>> to > >>>>> adopters – the story is heartbreaking, and very typical. After > >>>>> the > >>>>> hurricane is over, I will scan it and post it. It is probably > >>>>> the best > >>>>> I’ve read, without going into the gory details of declawing. > >>>>> > >>>>> Natalie > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > >>>>> [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kelley > >>>>> Saveika > >>>>> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:22 PM > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >>>>> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Sorry! This is a 62 email thread in gmail. I don't know how your > >>>>> email > >>>>> program organizes stuff. Anyway I did not look at the date. > >>>>> > >>>>> I've seen cats (especially senior cats) mourn their owners > >>>>> literally to > >>>>> death after being given away, and honestly in that case I'd rather > >>>>> declaw > >>>>> them. Hopefully I will not need to make that choice. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> OMG – you are responding to a post from March……I thought that I > >>>>> was > >>>>> going > >>>>> crazy and somehow missed a whole thread of talking about > >>>>> declawing, > >>>>> NOW! > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> There are also some apartments that allow cats ONLY if they are > >>>>> declawed…I > >>>>> guess they prefer taking their chances of those cats peeing > >>>>> everywhere > >>>>> instead of possibly scratching something, and it would most > >>>>> likely be > >>>>> the > >>>>> tenants’ own furniture! > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> I would rather give my cat away than declaw it – especially when > >>>>> it’s > >>>>> an > >>>>> older cat – it’s so much harder on them (not that it isn’t on > >>>>> young(er) > >>>>> cats). > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> There needs to be a lot of education on declawing and what the > >>>>> psychological/emotional and physical effects can take be. We > >>>>> have had > >>>>> a > >>>>> few abandoned declawed cats, and I have witnessed almost all of > >>>>> them…..but > >>>>> all the damage had already been done, and what was I to do – > >>>>> throw them > >>>>> out or kill them? I found some homes that understood the > >>>>> ramifications > >>>>> and dealt with the problems as well as they could. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > >>>>> [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Kelley > >>>>> Saveika > >>>>> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 6:45 PM > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >>>>> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Because if the owner has to go into the nursing home and is > >>>>> fortunate > >>>>> enough to find one where they can take their cat, the nursing > >>>>> home is > >>>>> likely to require declawing. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> That is true, but I don't understand why an old person can't > >>>>> have a cat > >>>>> with > >>>>> claws. Dealing mostly with feral cats, I have never been bitten > >>>>> or > >>>>> scratched - what's the danger, I am 70 yrs old. And as I said, > >>>>> bites > >>>>> are > >>>>> a > >>>>> natural defense for declawed cats! > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Felvtalk mailing list > >>>>> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >>>>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>>>> Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. > >>>>> > >>>>> http://www.rescuties.org > >>>>> > >>>>> Vist the Rescuties stores and save a kitty life! > >>>>> > >>>>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=rescuties-20 > >>>>> > >>>>> http://www.zazzle.com/rescuties* > >>>>> > >>>>> Buy or renew magazines and help our kitties! > >>>>> http://www.magfundraising.com/rescuties > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Please help Trooper! > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> http://rescuties.chipin.com/trooper > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> "And it is the most divisive incivility to tell true animal > >>>>> lovers they > >>>>> can’t complain about it, that they can’t fight for the animals, > >>>>> that > >>>>> they > >>>>> should sit down and shut up and allow the killing to continue." > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> - Nathan Winograd > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Felvtalk mailing list > >>>>> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >>>>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. > >>>>> > >>>>> http://www.rescuties.org > >>>>> > >>>>> Vist the Rescuties stores and save a kitty life! > >>>>> > >>>>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=rescuties-20 > >>>>> > >>>>> http://www.zazzle.com/rescuties* > >>>>> > >>>>> Buy or renew magazines and help our kitties! > >>>>> http://www.magfundraising.com/rescuties > >>>>> > >>>>> Please help Trooper! > >>>>> > >>>>> http://rescuties.chipin.com/trooper > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> "And it is the most divisive incivility to tell true animal > >>>>> lovers they > >>>>> can’t complain about it, that they can’t fight for the animals, > >>>>> that > >>>>> they > >>>>> should sit down and shut up and allow the killing to continue." > >>>>> > >>>>> - Nathan Winograd > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Felvtalk mailing list > >>>>> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >>>>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Felvtalk mailing list > >>> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Felvtalk mailing list > >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/ > >> felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
