An alternative to declawing?

[aTailOf2Kitties]

I trim my boys about once a month or so. Toby is OK with it if he's curled up somewhere already and you go slow. Havoc starts squirming and whining like you're killing him.

[Freedom]

Here are a few ideas, some repeats from above:

1. Trim your cats' claws. I use these scissors from Pet Edge:
http://www.petedge.com/product/Maste...sors/44495.uts

Just make it a Saturday (or some other set time) chore.

2. I'm not sure about carpet. But for furniture this is what I do:

a. have plenty of scratching posts around the place. Now and then, rub some catnip on to remind the cats those are THEIR places.
b. same time you rub the catnip, mix a spray bottle with equal amounts of white vinegar and water. Spray the furniture edges, or where they try to sharpen. The mix is dilute enough that we humans don't smell the vinegar, but the cats do.
c. buy some double sided sticky tape at a craft store, and put that on the furniture edges. Cats don't like having their claws stick and slow in the sharpening process, so they don't go back there.

Hope this helps!

[Queen of Poop]

I cut Cali and Diego's nails. Cali could really care less, it's just extra cuddle time with mommy and there's always a whiskas treat in it for her afterwards. I swear that girl will do anything for a whiskas. Diego on the other hand hates to have his nails cut. He gets squirmy and even growls a bit. But I don't give up so easily and eventually he's sporting a lovely peticure!! And he doesn't mind taking the whiskas treat afterward either.