[Sca-cooks] Kitten help

[Elaine Koogler]

I've dealt with a number of the lovely "balls of claws" over the years, and have
never found a way to keep them from using their claws.  If the kitten is very
young, you might try massaging her paws when she's on you to encourage her not to
keep them extended.  I usually just try to make sure my legs are covered with
something that the claws won't penetrate!  Another possibility...and a really lousy
one...is that if it doesn't get better, you may have to have her declawed.  But
only do that as a very last resort.

Kiri

upsxdls_osu at us.inter.net wrote:

> To all you feline owners, I need help.
> I have just adopted a kitten, and she is shredding me with her tiny,
> needle-sharp claws. My legs look as though I lost the fight with a weedeater.
> I already love the little bundle of fur (her name is "Poppy" - she's black as a
> poppy seed, and keeps popping up under my feet unexpectedly), but as I'm
> diabetic, I don't need my skin shredded on a daily basis. Does anyone have any
> advice on how to get her to stop clawing me?
>
> Liadan
> wounded kitten servant
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