Meow Press-On Nails

Once again, the Japanese have invented something useless that I'm tempted to buy to see if it's a hoax. SoftClaws: colored nail caps for cats. They are smooth, vinyl nail covers that you apply some adhesive to and then put over your cat's nails to prevent them from doing damage when they claw your furniture. They come in 5 fashionable colors including pink, red, purple, blue and clear. They fall off naturally with the growth of the nail, about every 4-6 weeks. Apparently, it will also make your cat more attractive to other cats. That may be good, since Shenan's black cat, Zuppa, hates my kitty, Aurora.

Who came up with this brilliant idea? I mean, I understand if you don't want to declaw your cat. However, if you are already trimming Pussy's death nails, why in god's name would you want to try putting these things on her paws? It's hard enough not to have Aurora want to claw my eyes out without have to glue something to them. She freaks out enough if she gets tape on her paw, but a brightly colored piece of plastic? Do they even have cats in Japan?

That said, I have purchased a pack because I just have to try these things. Aurora will hate me, but they have 12 pages of photos of cats with these things on and they all look, well, fine. Except for the black cats with the red nails. If only they made orange Softclaws for Halloween.

Read all about SoftClaws. And if you want to test it out, buy SoftClaws here.