Cat's Claws

[smurfchops]

My cat is having difficulty sometimes getting his claws out of my sofa . They seem to get stuck and it looks quite painful but eventually he pulls them out. (that's why I'm not getting a new sofa...). Otherwise his claws don't seem too long, they don't stick out of his paws. he has always sharpened his claws on a tree outside. He is 12.

[MyBlackHen]

Sometimes they need to shed the outer sheath if their claws, maybe that is what he is doing.

[grasscarp]

My daughter has scratching posts inside that she buys her cats and they are often using it. She told me they need this for their claws.

[boxtops]

We clip our cats' claws when they get so long that they are catching in things. The vet showed me how - you have to be careful just to take the end, so as not to catch the quick. We use nail clippers, but you can buy a special tool if you feel like it. They soon grown back :-(

[smurfchops]

I wouldn't dare clip his claws without full body armour and then some ...