Hi all, I'm new to this site. I'm turning to you because I'm facing a bit of a dilemma. I have a 2 1/2 year old cat, Mollie. She's completely an indoors cat. I've had her since she was 4 weeks old and we love each other very much. She even sleeps on my bed with me every nite. the thing is this. She's not very friendly with strangers; she'll hiss at them then if any of them tries to put out their hands to pet her she'll swing at them. If she hits them it usually ends in breaking of the skin and bleeding. She's given me numerous scars on my hands and arms. Sometimes due to playing and sometimes not. She doesnt like to have her nails clipped. The last time I took her to her vet to have her nails clipped they even tried sedating her and she fought it so they were only abled to clip 3 of her paws. They said next time I want her paws clipped they are going to have to put her to sleep in order to do it. It's going to cost $145 if I want her naiils clipped each time. I cannot afford that. But I'm so, so, so against declawing her front paws too, though. Do I have any other alternatives? Gosh, I don't know what to do?!? I asked her vet for a quote on declawing and they said $265-is this around the ball park of how much declawing would cost? It sounds high to me for some reason. Anyways, I've not completely decided on what to do. I've been delaying this decision for a few months now; but the time has come for me to decide. I've even built her a scratching post and sprinkled cat-nip on it too, but she won't use it. She doesn't scratch my furnitures at all; just me and my friends. She's a very smart cat and loving cat towards me, only it seems. Anyone with any words of wisdom for me I'd be forever thankful.
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