4feline, yes!! Marius is the proud "wearer" of Soft Paws! They work great and yes, he can retract his claws I absolutely refused to have my cat undergo declaw surgery, so I opted for the nail caps (my husband has a declawed cat, and we thought it would be a little safer to have my cat wear caps in case they started to play a little rough). I'm lucky with him because he doesn't mind me handling his paws (a lot of cats are senstive to that), so that makes it easy for me to apply the nail caps. I fill the cap with a little of the nail glue (basically it's like super glue)and then put it on the nail. They usually last about a month, which is about the length of time there is before a cat sheds its nail. So, when they come off, I simply replace them...and it's only about 2 or 3 at a time. They work great, and I've been very pleased with the product
Marius doesn't seem to mind...either that or he's just putting up a macho (??? ) front! LOL LOL He usually wears blue caps, but over the Christmas holidays we switched to red. You can see the transition from him going from red back to blue in the picture! LOL LOL