measi's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Hail Soft Claws! We gave Gus a pedicure last night, gluing ten plastic Soft Claws caps onto the talons of his front feet. It's a two-person job, but we got them on relatively quickly. Of course, by claw #8, Gus was more than ready to bolt elsewhere and get away from the psychos attending to his claws. However, he's done very well with them so far-- only a little foot shaking and licking last night. We made sure to keep him busy with some feather-on-a-stick chasing and other toys so he'd adjust to moving around with them. He did pretty well. I think he just needs to adjust some leaping skills now because he's been a bit clumsy when he jumps up onto things. But the best thing-- he can't claw. He can stretch up and "scratch" but he won't do damage. Hopefully that will allow us to save the carpets, which already have some pretty scary looking holes in spots. Thank Goddess for these things. Really. So now he looks stylin'. They're really not that visible, but they're thick enough that his feet now look more like Siamese (who can't retract their claws). The fur doesn't cover them completely. But... we got clear ones, so they're really not that visible unless you're looking for them. I want to get purple ones for him or red. And then get him a spiked collar. Bruiser!Gus would be quite appropriate. 10:16 a.m. - 15 September 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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