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From: features@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: cat claws
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Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 14:14:53 EDT
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> from	-Brian Smithson		 ucbvax!calma!smithson
 
> The indoor cats, however, tend to shred everything they can, and refuse to
> use a scratching post, so I trim their front claws every couple of weeks
> using a large fingernail cutter (the type which looks somewhat like diagonal
> wire cutters with a curved cutting edge).  The hind claws never do any
> damage, and the trimmed front claws keep them from snagging or ripping
> anything, yet they can still use them for traction on the carpet.
> 

I find it useful to trim both front and hind claws.  While the back
ones don't grow as quickly as the front, they do grow and can get
long enough to inadvertantly scratch someone.
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