Window shades & cat
 

I want a insulating window shade for a west facing window, but my cat
claws any fabric shades. Are there any good wood or metal shades that
also insulates from heat well?

Window shades & cat
 

Get your cat declawed.
Rick

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I want a insulating window shade for a west facing window, but my cat
claws any fabric shades. Are there any good wood or metal shades that
also insulates from heat well?

Window shades & cat
 

"Soft Paws" are glue on rubber caps for cat claws. They stay on for
months at a time. Cat can try all it wants but won't be able to shred
anything.

http://www.softpaws.com/

-rev

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At least trim your cat's claws. Ours gets a weekly nail trim. Makes her more
house compatable. Being done each week, she gets quite used to it, doesn't
mind at all, becomes part of grooming. Just to make it even easier for the
cat, it is done when she is just wakened from a sound sleep that way she is
still groggy and has little resistance in her.

"The Reverend Natural Light" wrote in message
oups.com...
"Soft Paws" are glue on rubber caps for cat claws. They stay on for
months at a time. Cat can try all it wants but won't be able to shred
anything.

http://www.softpaws.com/

-rev

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In article , "Rick Shaw"
wrote:

- Get your cat declawed.
- Rick
-

Absolutely DO NOT get your cat declawed. It's a horrible and painful
process. Some cats never recover, emotionally. Some suffer horrible
infections after the surgery.
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In article ,
says...
In article , "Rick Shaw"
wrote:

- Get your cat declawed.
- Rick
-

Absolutely DO NOT get your cat declawed. It's a horrible and painful
process. Some cats never recover, emotionally. Some suffer horrible
infections after the surgery.

Horsefeathers! As long as the vet's name isn't Dr. Mengele, the
cats will hardly notice. I've had three cats done recently (past
two years) and a few more *years* ago. No problems with any. The
most recent didn't even stop climbing and jumping after the
surgery. They were groggy (neutered at the same time) the first
day and slept but by the second they were bouncing all over the
house, as usual. They've never been outside, but front claws
aren't cat's main defense anyway. They're more or less a warning
of things to come.

I suppose you don't support neutering cats either? After all, some
cats will get infections from any surgery and may never "recover"
emotionally from neutering either (the plan, actually ;-).

--
Keith

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In article ,
Suzie-Q wrote:

Get your cat declawed.

Absolutely DO NOT get your cat declawed.

OK. Shoot the cat. They are cheaper than window coverings.

It's a horrible and painful process.

Perhaps, but it's not so bad for the cat.

Some cats never recover, emotionally.

All the de-clawed cats I have asked simply replied, "What claws?"

Some suffer horrible infections after the surgery.

In that unlikely event, see my first suggestion above.
--
:)
JR

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Suzie-Q writes:

In article , "Rick Shaw"
wrote:

- Get your cat declawed.
- Rick
-

Absolutely DO NOT get your cat declawed. It's a horrible and painful
process. Some cats never recover, emotionally. Some suffer horrible
infections after the surgery.

Our cat has still never complained.

If you're living in a log cabin, with hand built furniture,
by all means, leave the claws.

If you let the cat outside, leave the claws.

Our prior cat tunnelled her way under the carpet and took
the arms off the couches. Judging by the look on her face
she found the scratching post amusing.

I don't think it's horrible for the cat,
but I find having our furniture destroyed pretty horrible.

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"Eric Tonks" etonks@sunstormADD-DOT-COM writes:
"The Reverend Natural Light" wrote in message
oups.com...
"Soft Paws" are glue on rubber caps for cat claws. They stay on for
months at a time. Cat can try all it wants but won't be able to shred
anything.

http://www.softpaws.com/
At least trim your cat's claws. Ours gets a weekly nail trim. Makes her more
house compatable. Being done each week, she gets quite used to it, doesn't
mind at all, becomes part of grooming. Just to make it even easier for the
cat, it is done when she is just wakened from a sound sleep that way she is
still groggy and has little resistance in her.

I don't think claw trimming really works, but when I used it,
I found covering the cats head with a towel very helpful.

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In article jim.redelfs-D39B2A.11140031032006
@news.central.cox.net, says...
In article ,
Suzie-Q wrote:

Get your cat declawed.

Absolutely DO NOT get your cat declawed.

OK. Shoot the cat. They are cheaper than window coverings.

It's a horrible and painful process.

Perhaps, but it's not so bad for the cat.

I guess it was traumatizing for SQ. She's still emotionally
unstable.

Some cats never recover, emotionally.

All the de-clawed cats I have asked simply replied, "What claws?"

One of ours rolls over on his back exposing his belly. Most think
it's cute and that he wants his belly scratched. Hah! It's bait
and if you bite he'll show you what claws.

Some suffer horrible infections after the surgery.

In that unlikely event, see my first suggestion above.

;-)

--
Keith

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Dan Espen wrote:
Our cat has still never complained.

If you let the cat outside, leave the claws.


I had my cat denutted and declawed in the front only on the same day. Outside
of he didn't know whether to sit or stand for a few days, he got over it just
fine. As for going outside, I let him out as before. All the major asskicking
Mr. Kitty dishes out is done with the back claws.

With the loss of the front claws, no more torn up furniture; no more climbing up
drapes; no more climbing up my leg. Actually, he still thought he had claws in
the front, as he would still visit the scratching post to pat it every now and
then.

Emotionally? I'm sure he blamed the vet; not me. Hell... I saved him from
whatever other devious plans the vet had for him.




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

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On 30 Mar 2006 18:40:58 -0800, wrote:

I want a insulating window shade for a west facing window, but my cat
claws any fabric shades. Are there any good wood or metal shades that
also insulates from heat well?

I think there is something called a cat converter that will make your
problems just blow away in the breeze.