Looking for helpful hints to help deal with cats claws

(11-16-2015, 01:43 PM)lexinonomous Wrote: I am so happy to hear that you are against declawing your cat. Declawing is such a painful process for them and it really does leave them defenseless. I am aware of one other method when it comes to preventing scratches, but sadly it will also leave your cat defenseless if it goes outside and such.

There are caps that you can buy for your cat's claws. The caps are painless. You use a special glue to apply the caps to the claws, which will leave them covered and unable to scratch your furniture.

This is very interesting and I'll have to look into it. My cat is an indoor cat, the only time he is ever outside he is in his travel cage and it is locked. I just got him a couple weeks ago and I don't plan on him getting out. I'm more worried about him being defenseless if he happens to slip out of the house. He is microchipped and he doesn't ever seem to want to go outside, but I'm worried that he might slip out one day when I'm not expecting it.

Have you heard of people clipping their cat's nails? I've seen some things online about it but it seems so very scary and I wouldn't want to damage the "quick" and make him bleed.