I don't trim, or cut my cats claws. I never have, nor seen any reason to do so in the 50+ years I've had cats. My cats are indoors, always. But in the past I have had cats get outside, accidentally. I want them to have all their defenses, should that happen again.
They never scratch me. I handle many cats, (brushing, petting, playing), each week at the shelter where I volunteer. I sometimes get minor scratches, but that is always from taking them out, or putting them back in cages not carefully enough. Anyway, these are my fault, not deliberate from the cats, and no big deal to boot.
I have lots of types of desirable scratching posts for my cats. The 6 I have now have been trained to not scratch furniture by using Sticky Paws tape (Petco and on line - other brands don't stick well) for a few months, placed on the places they tend to scratch.
I have never had the need to use flea meds, nor deworming meds on my indoor cats. However, these were applied to my current cats repeatedly at the shelter where they came from. If I had dogs, I'd have to deal with this, for the cats as well. My cats are checked for both when they go to the vet for their yearly physicals. When I have geriatric cats, they go in for a checkup at least every 6 months. I have had most of my cats live to 18 or more years.
Robin
They never scratch me. I handle many cats, (brushing, petting, playing), each week at the shelter where I volunteer. I sometimes get minor scratches, but that is always from taking them out, or putting them back in cages not carefully enough. Anyway, these are my fault, not deliberate from the cats, and no big deal to boot.
I have lots of types of desirable scratching posts for my cats. The 6 I have now have been trained to not scratch furniture by using Sticky Paws tape (Petco and on line - other brands don't stick well) for a few months, placed on the places they tend to scratch.
I have never had the need to use flea meds, nor deworming meds on my indoor cats. However, these were applied to my current cats repeatedly at the shelter where they came from. If I had dogs, I'd have to deal with this, for the cats as well. My cats are checked for both when they go to the vet for their yearly physicals. When I have geriatric cats, they go in for a checkup at least every 6 months. I have had most of my cats live to 18 or more years.
Robin