Nail Caps for Kitty good enough to protect new leather couch?

Has anyone tried the nail caps for the cats? Are they effective in protecting your furniture? How long do they stay on. Our kitty is always pulling at his nails with his teeth and it seems as though he could bite them off if given the chance. We have not tried the caps yet. Would hate to declaw the little bastard....buttt.

Nail Caps for Kitty good enough to protect new leather couch?
Yes they will work but are a tad tough to get on correctly until you have practice. Try to get someone to hold the cat with a finger under the paw extending the claws outward. Make sure you get the right size for your cat they do come in sizes. The superglue you end up with on your hands can be removed with acetone or nail polish remover with acetone in it. (non acetone bottles are marked as such). It will also wear off your hands in hours because of the body oil breaks the bond and you can peel it off.





Cats shed their claws as a sheeth, the entire outside layer comes off which is what you see him pulling on. He likely IS pulling them off his self but it results in a very sharp needle like tip as nature intended. Be sure to check the nails daily because as soon as that sheeth would normally shed the tip will come off with it. You do not have to replace them all at once, wait for them to come off on their own and replace as needed. Trimming nails between replacing tips will help extend the time a tip stays on because very long nails do not always seat to the bottom of the cavity in the rubber tip.





Declawing can lead to problems if done wrong of the after care is not the best, cats have lost an entire leg or use of it after a bad declaw. There is also the chance however slight it may be that the cat could get outside, claws are not only a defense they are also used to climb to escape.
Reply:Yes, they work, but they do fall off gradually over the course of, I'd say, 2 weeks. Not only that but the superglue is a mess! Trying to glue my kitties nails on once, I glued all my fingers together. We still do this sometimes, but Natasha is better about letting us clip her nails, which seems to last about a week at a time.
Reply:Yes, they do work, but you may want to have the vet put them on the first time so you can learn how to do it. You also have to make sure that you replace them when they start to grow out.





Also please consider things like sprays to deter scratching, sticky coverings, et cetera. Ask your vet for recommendations.





Please, please PLEASE do not declaw. It's illegal in many countries for a reason and many vets refuse to do it -- because it's cruel. Essentially it is cutting off the first joints of the toes (NOT just removing the claw) and it can lead to a host of other behavioral and physical problems.
Reply:haven't tried the nail caps, but they seem worth it. But, if they don't work, go on and declaw the little bastard. Just make sure you take it to an actual vet. All this nonsense about "surgury going wrong" seems like a bunch of bull to me. If you take your cat to a butcher shop to get it declawed, yes, it may not goes so well. I have never witnessed a cat that had problems with having been declawed. And if a cat has "behavioral" problems, it's probably because of it's previous owners or living standards...no study shows declawing cats actually affects their behavior.

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