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Shooter
- May 15, 2013
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Can you compromise on a rat or Guinea Pig? We have two of the latter and they are MUCH better than hamsters for multiple reasons.
As to the cat, they have plastic caps that can be super glued onto their claws, making them much less annoying/destructive. Here is but one example...
SoftPaws.com - Nail Caps for Cats and Dogs
No compromise in my home, even the dog knows it's place. And that's with the kid in Maryland.
Nail Caps ?? That's so sweet.. How can a barn cat earn its keep with pretty little Nail Caps glued on ???
I've had a few cats over the last 20 years. Our current cat has been with us for 13 years. We have never declawed any of them. They were all indoor/outdoor cats though. However our biggest problem now is not the claw's, but when cats get older they forget to do their business in the litter box.
If I did have a cat, mouse, rat, guinia pig or whatever living in my home, and I don't, and it took a wizz or left me a baby cigar or hairball on the hardwood or carpet. It would no longer be a living cat..
In the barn or outbuilding you just don't smell cat wizz or see cat puke along with little baby white cigars lying around.. The just seem to know better..