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- From: bron@iastate.edu (bronwyn)
- Subject: Trimming claws
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- Originator: bron@tbird.cc.iastate.edu
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <1992Dec23.080036.2278@nntp.hut.fi> <Bzw0sI.7IJ@dale.cts.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 09:21:46 GMT
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- In article <Bzw0sI.7IJ@dale.cts.com> npm@dale.cts.com (Nancy Milligan) writes:
- >By the way, I manage to trim my monster's (19 pound kitty) claws
- >by doing it when he is sleeping. I just very quietly, easily
- >hold his paw and press his toe until the claw pops out. Then I
- >quickly snip and go to the next. I can usually get 1 paw done
- >before he wakes up and protests. Then I let him go back to sleep
- >and I get the other paw.
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- Yes! The first time I tried to trim my kitten's claws, she screamed
- bloody murder! I thought I was actually hurting her. I felt like a beast.
- Later, while she was asleep on my lap, I managed to get all her claws
- done without her waking up once.
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- Methinks she doth protest too much.
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- Bronwyn J Scrutton bron@iastate.edu
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