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This is why we chose laminate and not hardwood....
My cats have been hauling butt down the hallway all morning, all I hear is nails sliding across the new flooring in the nursery. Its funny, but its making me realize that I need to have them declawed.
I have a sheet hanging up over our sliding glass door (classy, I know) because every morning when I wake up the drapes are on the floor, anchors ripped from the wall.... from them hanging on them while we are sleeping.
Re: This is why we chose laminate and not hardwood....
I love my crazy child!
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Chris and I laugh hysterically when Diva & Wyatt go sliding across the floor. Wyatt is worse then Diva, maybe bc he is bigger and weighs more, but he's clipped the side of the couch, and the wall numerous times. {We are mean pet owners} but it's hilarious.
I have only seen two places on our flooring where the "wood" is chipped, right by their food bowls. I have no idea how that happened. Other then that I haven't noticed any scratches in the floor.
I also don't mind the sound of them nails on the floor, atleast I know where they are at. I started to get worried if I can't see them, or I don't hear the sound of little nails on the floor.
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OMG please, please please don't do that!
There are so many reasons why not to do it, and I won't go into it but I will link this.
http://www.declawing.com/
I just want to add, that EVERY single declawed cat I have ever encountered has has elimination issues, like the website above says, it's not medically proven but it's a well agreed upon assumption that declawing SEVERELY changes the attitude and temperament of a cat.
Ok stepping off the soap box!
I used to be against declawing but I have holes in the carpet in EVERY room in my house from my cats kneading or because they get locked in a room when we leave the house. My house is 3 yrs old and I have to replace the ALL of the carpets b/c of them. Not to mention the weatherstripping that they have ripped off of every outside door and the holes in my walls from them ripping the curtains out. They have toys, we have tried spraying them with water, smacking newspapers near them... they just don't stop. If someone wants to come and fix all of the damage they have done, I won't declaw them;) but I doubt that's an option.
Its either declaw or get rid of them.
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Like I said I don't want to get into a debate, just want to make sure everyone makes an informed decision.
Have you tried these yet? I know people who have had success with them.
http://www.softpaws.com/
Oh and have you tried using feliway diffusers at all? It may help to calm them down a little so they are not as crazy, which could help with the clawing!
My kitten didn't like the type scratching post we already had and started clawing the carpet, we got a few different types and it turns out she only likes sisal, now we have sisal scratching posts (and carpet ones for the big kitty) and she's a happy camper.
Oh and I feel you on the cats crawling up the curtains the kitten did that for a while, thankfully the curtains didn't come out of the wall though!
Oh and we use to use anchors like this for hanging things (we have drywall)and I had problems with them not staying in well
I switched to these guys.... Amazing!
You don't have to pre-drill you just screw them right in and they are seriously awesome!
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OK, I appologize if I'm getting annoying but I just remembered something else.
Young House love used clips with a rod in the nursery for "safety" but the could totally be an option for you to avoid anymore rods pulling out of the wall. Essentials the fat kitty would climb up the curtain and the curtains would be pulled out of the clips and not the rod out of the wall....
http://www.younghouselove.com/2010/02/nursery-progress-getting-the-hang-of-it/
Ok I think thats all i've got...
I 110% agree with everything Mrs.CPH said. But I'm guessing everyone already knew that...
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I was waiting for you to chime in
Me too. Please don't declaw.
And like Mrs.CPH said, I'm not looking to start a debate either. She covered everything I would have suggested too.
My mom had no choice but to have our Coatimundis declawed or they would have ripped our legs to shreds.... it was sad to have it done, but it never bothered them and they were still able to climb and jump around as they would if they still had their claws.
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Have you tried the softpaws yet? My sister used them on her cat for a while. Eventually, he stopped trying to destroy things & didn't need them anymore.
If I was in your situation, I'd want to try every other option before even thinking about declawing. I'm sure it's very frustrating with the mess they make.
Honestly, this makes me want to vomit. I know very intimately about the destruction of household things; I have two crazy Huskies and a cat. The thought of mutilating animals without even exhausting every option is disturbing to me. You've been presented with a lot of good options (especially soft paws and feliway).
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This! Please don't declaw! If it is really that bothersome to you I would rehome the cats instead of mutilating them. Just my honest opinion.
We did not try soft paws, my mother did and it didn't work for her.
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Well it might be worth trying with your cat. Just because they didn't work for your mother doesn't mean they don't work for other cats. I would want to exhaust every possibility before getting this cruel procedure done. You do know what happens during a declawing procedure, right? It's not like it's a nail trimming.
You may want to talk to your vet and ask them if they have any suggestions on how to deal with your cat's behavior so you don't need to declaw. Or do you have a room you could designate as the "cat room" where there won't be anything in there that they can destroy.
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