Izzie Wearing Her Soft Claws

It took me 2 days to glue the soft claws onto Izzie's claws, but I managed to do it all by myself. She was a bit annoyed with them at first, but she hasn't seemed too bothered with them after day 4. Here are a couple of photographs with Izzie sporting her new style.

Wooo great job, they look super! Did you find it tough to do compared to how long they are supposed to last?

Those are really cool !!! She looks mighty fancy

Originally Posted by Cirque

Wooo great job, they look super! Did you find it tough to do compared to how long they are supposed to last?

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I forgot to mention that this was the very first time ever that I applied Soft Claws. I only did them on Monday and Tuesday of this week so I have yet to know exactly how long they will stay on. I'm hoping for 6 weeks as I have read elsewhere.

Aw! She looks so cute... and she looks a bit like my Baylee, well, minus the black nose!

Let us know how long they last!

Fancy claws! Izzie is a very good girl!

oh very pretty! hahahah

oh Izzie you look so elegant with your new accessories

Izzie "Thanks, they look GREAT. Next time, I think I'll try a French Manicure thank you."

Do you think you're up for that????

She looks very smart - she'll be the envy of all her friends.

oh yes a french manicure will be perfect

Aw Izzie is super cute!

Ooooooo pretty!!!

i know this might sound stupid..
But what is it for??

Originally Posted by fwan

i know this might sound stupid..
But what is it for??

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That's not a stupid question. Soft Claws are rubber nail caps that fit over the cat's claws. When the scratches objects (furntiure, carpet, people), it protects the objects from being damaged. It's an alternative to declawing a cat and I definitetly do not want to declaw my cat. I learned about Soft Claws from this forum.

I have to run out and get some of that color blue polish for my nails. Definately Vogue!

Oh that's cute, she looks so pretty.

Oh, Izzy, aren't you so glamourous with your new fancy manicure! Blue is definately your color, pretty girl! Now all the girls will be rushing out to have nails just like yours! Great job applying them, Mommy, look forward to knowing how long they last!

Ok, ONE nail cap fell off after 12 days, but the others are still holding strong. I trimmed the nail and applied another nail cap.

Harley is getting his done tuesday.
The groomer offered to do it as a freebie.
That way he cant pick on his brother Smokey as much.
I think it's going to be in her best interest anyway.
If I like them, I do have 6 out of 7 not declawed kitties.
Kinda skeptical, hope they work.

Ok, it's been over 3 weeks and only 2 nail caps fells off. I did run into two problems I thought I would share. The first is if you don't get the nail cap to adhere the first time, the claw can get stuck inside it's shaft after it has been retracted. After a few hours the claw is able to break the glue's hold and functions fine which is good news.

What really freaked me out was last night. Izzie was playing with a toy on the floor and got her claw got stuck in my thick, plush carpet. Somehow she found a thread in the carpet with a loop hole and wasn't able to get her claw out because the nail cap's base got stuck on the loop hole. I really needed a pair of scissors to cut the carpet. Unfortunately they were 50 feet away and I didn't want to leave Izzie yanking her claw in violence and injuring herself. About 5 minutes later the nap cap did pop off on it's own and Izzie was free. I checked her nail and there was no injury.

I was really impressed with the nail naps until last night. I don't know what the odds are of this happening again, but I was very glad I was home when it did happen.