ubercat wrote:

kerble wrote:Four-legged living things are more important than furniture.

Fucking right.

fyp.

itchy mcgoo wrote:

kerble wrote:but the declawed cat goes so well with my patent leather purse and fishnets!

nothing goes well with these things when worn together other than condom wrappers

yep. maybe you should just make balloon animals out of them, Mandroid.


it'd really bring the outfit together.

itchy mcgoo wrote:ubercat, many good turns to you.

In a note somewhat related to the detour on this thread...

I live with a clawed kitty that has taken a shine to some furniture I hope to have for decades...has anyone used any of the organic sprays or any other method to make the scratching stop?

I'm talking six+ pieces of upholstered furniture here that I don't want to cover in aluminum foil, Andy Warhol precedents aside.

salut, animal rescuers!

I used to hang a little sack of red and black pepper right next to where they wanted to scratch on the furniture I didn't want messed with, and then I'd feed them snacks and give them catnip near the scratching post.

They eventually figured it out.

kerble wrote:

itchy mcgoo wrote:

kerble wrote:but the declawed cat goes so well with my patent leather purse and fishnets!

nothing goes well with these things when worn together other than condom wrappers

yep. maybe you should just make balloon animals out of them, Mandroid.


it'd really bring the outfit together.

my comment was a general critique of a fashion faux paws, nothing directed at mandroid2.0

fur real.

also, I just learned that it is illegal to declaw cats in Los Angeles County. As well as most of Europe and Scandinavia.

[quote="itchy mcgoo"]...has anyone used any of the organic sprays or any other method to make the scratching stop?quote]

Several years ago I tried some sort of feline "pheremone" spray that I am pretty sure I purchased from a vet clinic. Maybe I am wrong that it is a pheremone -- but something similar to that concept. It "marks" a scent that keeps other felines from approaching it. I personally could not smell anything when I sprayed the product on the furniture, and it did work at keeping my cat from scratching up (and also marking it with his HORRIBLE spray) my son's train set table. Good luck!

itchy mcgoo wrote:

kerble wrote:

itchy mcgoo wrote:

kerble wrote:but the declawed cat goes so well with my patent leather purse and fishnets!

nothing goes well with these things when worn together other than condom wrappers

yep. maybe you should just make balloon animals out of them, Mandroid.


it'd really bring the outfit together.

my comment was a general critique of a fashion faux paws, nothing directed at mandroid2.0

fur real.

I know yours wasn't, but mine was.





Faiz

I never thought I'd be the one to say "play nice."


So I won't. But damn, Faiz.



I'm against declawing, but with a 2 because I spayed and neutered my cats, which is horribly unnatural and barbaric IF taken out of the context of overpopulation etc etc. I love them yet I did something irrevocable to their bodies, yet it helps them(?) in the long run. I think there can be parallels drawn to the issue at hand.

Salut Ubercat!
You are a good man, sir.

Lonesome Bulldog wrote:I'm against declawing, but with a 2 because I spayed and neutered my cats, which is horribly unnatural and barbaric IF taken out of the context of overpopulation etc etc. I love them yet I did something irrevocable to their bodies, yet it helps them(?) in the long run. I think there can be parallels drawn to the issue at hand.

I think there are other threads devoted to this debate too, but very briefly: spaying and neutering prevents animal suffering in that fewer babies are born and abandoned by selfish people who don't want them. Declawing does absolutely nothing to reduce animal suffering, and exists only for human benefit.

People--Soft Paws. For fuck's sake.

kerble wrote:cattiness aside,

I'm actually curious about controlling dander in my apartment now that I have two cats. cleaning helps, but I'd like to go that extra extra.

any suggestions or success stories? do Ionizers work? I don't want one of those ugly alien dildo towers, btw.

you need the furminator... all cat and dog owners need furminators.

http://www.furminator.com/shedless.cfm

let's furminate!