We noticed it when she was getting more and more passive, and on a whim we looked ar her claws, they had grown into her pads on her paws, we started cliping them regularly, but only slightly, and she was soon feeling much better.

This happened after and accident when she was out and we thought she got lost, but after a few days she was back in our garden, she was clearly in pain so we took her to the vet and one of her rear legs had been dislocated, it took weeks to get it to heal, and after that event she started having trouble with her claws.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

What do you do when the cat refuses to use scratching posts? No matter the material—cardboard, carpet, rope—she will only scratch the furniture and folded towels. (We even tried wrapping a scratching post in towel material and she still won't scratch it.)

Obviously we don't want her destroying the furniture, so we don't* let her scratch long enough to shorten her nails... wat do?

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Try one of these: https://a.co/d/08I5FYeD

Cats really only like to scratch on tall and sturdy things like trees or heavy couches

If their post isn't tall enough, they can't get a good stretch out of it

If the post tips over easily, they just won't want to use it (you can also use a heavy weight to keep the base steady, but I find that solution rather cumbersome )

[–] therealzordon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Good choice, I bought something like this and within about 2 minutes of having it set up I had 2 cats scratching it. I was worried they wouldn't touch it.

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