I LOVE these. I've used them on tons of cats for multiple years of all different personality types. One HUGE guy hated his paws touched, so we'd only do his front legs, and it would stop him from scratching the couch. We would just work in a team to get them on his feet. My feral rescue had some severe scratching issues, and these broke her of all of her "preferred" scratching spots. After about 2 months of Soft Claws, I was able to create new OK spots for her to scratch which came with heavy rewards, diverting the problem somewhere OK. She HATED getting these put on, but I can announce that I haven't used soft paws on her for two years, and my furniture is still good!
That said, I recommended these to my mother, who has two slow, fat cats. She's really afraid of cutting their nails, and also hated that they scratched her furniture. No matter WHAT I told her to do, she wouldn't follow through, and was inches from getting her cats declawed (which is inhumane, and ABSOLUTELY NOT an alternative). She had the vet install them on the cats for a small fee, and told me how much she LOVED them for the first month. The thing is that these normally fall off naturally after a few weeks, but they didn't on her cats. I am a frequent checker of my cats for cuts and scrapes, and have curtailed many a cyst, but my mother apparently never goes over them to make sure their health is OK. About 4 of the nails kept growing with the caps on them, and the caps were forced into the paw pads of the kitties requiring an emergency trip to the vet to fix. The thing was that this is EASILY preventable, but good luck explaining that to my mother NOW. My sphynx cat had one claw that refused to fall off, and well before it reached her paw pads, I just trimmed the tip off using nail cutters, and then carefully peeled the nail off. Easy.
Tips on keeping the claws on, and preventing growth into the cat's paws:
~Trim your cats nails the DAY BEFORE application. If you do it immediately before, any sharp or loose nail edges will make it less likely for the glue to hold
~ Check every single claw before application. If the lower portion of the open side that would be closest to the paw pad) seems larger than average, trim it before application. This will prevent the edge from growing into the cat's paw pad.
~ If the caps are too large for your cat (test one without glue, first.) Trim a small portion off the open end. This will help make sure they stay on the cat longer, too.
~If you have a wiggly or aggressive cat, have one person calm them with treats and a second person put glue into ALL of the caps for one (or all) paws. Put all of the caps on as fast as possible, and keep rewarding kitty. Make it a very positive experience. Wrapping him in a blanket might work, but you might make the experience of having his paws touched a traumatic one for the future. These need to be reapplied at least every month, so this will be frequent.
~have paper towel handy. If too much glue is used, it will leak around the edges. Dab at this with paper towel before releasing the claw to prevent the nail gluing to the skin or fur of your cat. This may just be me, but my older sphynx girl drools HEAVILY upon application, so we have to dab her mouth the whole application time, or else wind up drenched in cat drool.
~Keep your cat on your lap with lots of pets and treats for a GOOD 5 minutes after application. If you don't do this, you'll likely have half of the nails pulled off the second you let the cat down. It also helps to have some play time afterwards, too. Just do enough to keep your cat distracted from licking his feet.
And most importantly:
~Check your cats paws at LEAST once a week after application. Make it a habit to check your cat for scratches every week, and then look over the paws, too. If any seem to be growing close to the pad, trim them away ASAP. Checking kitty also lets you make sure there are no unusual or swollen scratches, as cysts are a common issue in cats.
These claw caps are wonderful, but they're not MAGIC. They still require some work to get on, and maintain, but it's definitely cheaper than a new couch. If you are willing to put in a LITTLE extra work, these go a long way. I also love that colors can be customized! It lets me give my cats a little bit of personality without actually doing something as dumb as actually painting their nails :p
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Salem is content with the caps once they’re on! We are happy to not be bleeding anymore!
We rescued this beautiful kitten named Salem and we sucked up being punctured like a fish on a hook and being scratched up for over 2 weeks. I just couldn’t do it anymore, so I hunted for solutions that are more humane than getting her declawed. After some research, this is the brand we decided to go with. I’ll preface by saying, this was a two-man job with our kitten. She was mad at us for trimming her nails and she was mad at us for putting these rubber claw caps on. Momma cat your little baby by grabbing their scruff to help console and control them and just get it done. We opted for the clear caps so we could better see the glue level as others had said that part was tough. You can wrap your cat in a blanket to control them if you’re by yourself, but it’s still tough to apply by yourself one-handed.Today we applied these caps for the 2nd time. There were 3 caps remaining in place after the 1st application, but her nails have shed naturally and the caps go with them. I consider this a huge pro because you don’t have to worry about damaging their nails or having to remove them. They also fit into the nail sheath as her real nail does naturally. It didn’t take her long to get used to the claws and we made sure to reward her with treats throughout the process. We only cap her front paws as she doesn’t really scratch us with the back ones. She can move, climb, and grab things just as well as she normally would without the caps. She can scratch too! But it doesn’t hurt 😉I’ve noticed she continues to use her scratching post, so the caps don’t seem to bother her once they’re on, they just aren’t comfortable to put on at first.The cons are: hard to apply if you’re by yourself, don’t last a super long time (as it falls off as their nails shed naturally), and it’s obvious that it is not comfortable to receive a nail trim and have the caps applied during the process - she made it clear to us that she was unhappy.
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Keilly C.
Llegó sin el pegamento
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Love the soft claws
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Mrs B
Not too hard to put on:)
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