And I thought I'd had a bad week or two

[cjsmith]

Lately I've been noticing Duchess, the largest of my cats, clicking when she walked. Time to clip her claws. She doesn't love it, but she permits it. I started in on her a half hour ago.

I was way, way too late.

Ever seen an ingrown claw? A badly ingrown claw? On a forepaw, which the cat uses to dig in the sandbox?

I just doctored one.

She is the sweetest, most patient cat in the universe. I am not speedy with this type of thing. I am positive that it hurt, probably badly, at more than one stage in the "treatment". But she didn't do more than twitch and make a little vocal complaint.

Poor Duchess! She's been walking on that thing for ages like this. And she just had it pulled out, by an amateur, with (forgive me here, folks, it's the best thing I had for the job at hand) a pair of pliers. I can only imagine how much it's been hurting. I am such a bad kittymom, letting it go that long :-( :-(. At least it's out now.

Comments

[valcat.livejournal.com]

I do not think you are a bad kittymom, Jackie's human. You did not know Duchess's paw was hurting. You fixed it for her, that is the important thing. You obviously did a good job because she did not get upset with you.

I can tell you that it would not have been so easy to do that to me! I do not like for anyone to handle my feet, and I certainly do not let humans touch them. I am very attentive to my feet and give myself frequent pedicures. Duchess sounds lazy to me. She should take better care of her feet. If I could get there I would show Duchess how to do a proper pedicure for herself, and then she would not need to have a human do it.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I know if it had been jackiecat I would have had to take her to (shh! don't tell her) the VET. She doesn't like for me to handle her feet either.