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.

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Re: How traumatic for you both!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh MY. Jackie's pretty bad too, although I am guessing we could do it with two. (We can, just barely, snip out a hair tangle with two people and a towel.) Good thing Muadib keeps her toesies tidy by herself!

Re: How traumatic for you both!

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

Muadib was raised in the cat hospital--and was quite a sick kitten. She assumes that if you're messing with her that you're going to do something awful to her. So she goes for your eyes. Her chart at the vet's says 'BAD CAT' in big red letters.

Re: How traumatic for you both!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*burst of laughter*! Jackie has notes in her chart too, although I don't think she's ever earned 'BAD CAT' in red letters! Poor Muadib. If I were her I'd assume exactly as she does.