azureladybug

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Saturday, March 20, 2004

Thundercats! Ho!

A few posts back I mentioned SoftClaws, those vinyl nail covers for cats to keep them from destroying carpet, furniture, what not. Well, I don't have that problem with Aurora Borealis, my lovely tabby with a patch of red hair slightly askew on the top of her head as well as random splotches here and there and one right on the very tip of her tail; hence the name. She's a good kitty who doesn't scratch furniture. So, to her dismay, I purchased a pack of these items and attached them to her front paws. After an unfortunate nail clipping (she hates those), Shenan selected purple press ons and I had to do the dirty work. After much growling and squirming, Aurora got a set of 8 lovely purple nails which she proceeded to lick and ganw at. I had to follow her around like a hunchback to make sure she didn't chew one off and then swallow it. Of course, she'd have really nice looking poo then. Very stylish.


According to the website, these are supposed to make her more attractive to other cats. I think Zuppe is a good test subject since she hates Aurora. I came to find them sitting about 5 inches from each other with no growling or hissing. I think these purple ones must put Zuppe at ease. Aurora has also seemed to have gotten used to having them on. Huh. Her manicure is better than mine. I got gnarly fingers and toes compared to Aurora's dainty little claws. We'll see how long they last. I was going to make each nail a different color, but I didn't want people to think I was turning her into a clown. Ha ha! Like these purple ones don't make people think I'm a little cuckoo already. I do have to admit that these things work. When I picked her up to see if she ate them off, she tried to claw my face off. She'd done that once and got me really good on my neck a couple weeks ago. But today, it was like nothing. And I laughed at her, "HA! HA! HA! You can't hurt me anymore!!!" I'm like a liberated abused wife. She reacted to this by giving me dirty looks, baring her teeth at me, and flipping me off with one of her purple nails. Ah well, I'll just give her a new mousey toy to play with and all will be forgiven.