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From: kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: "And what do you do with the cat's REAR claws?"
Message-ID: <591@tymix.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 16:50:06 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 12 16:50:06 1985
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In article <9@vaxine.UUCP> lad@vaxine.UUCP (Leslie A. Dubinsky) writes:
>
>    Has anyone out there ever clipped their cat's rear claws?  Without
>rekindling the old declawing/clipping debate, all of my cats have all of
>their claws.  Although they are pretty considerate about not intentionally
>clawing the furniture, they manage to ruin table tops by sliding onto and
>jumping off of them (even though they are not "allowed" on them in the first
>place), marring the finish with their rear claws.  I am about to get a new
>table which I would rather not see damaged; should I clip their rear nails
>as I do the front ones?

Yes, of course.  The cat will probably bitch a lot about your doing
it--they just seem to resent more having their hind paws handled.  And, of
course, since the claws on the rear are thicker, you have to clip more
carefully.  Anyway, we have always clipped rear claws on those cats for which we
felt the real claws were damaging furniture.
-- 
Herb Kanner
Tymnet, Inc.
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