• BurnedDonut@ani.social
        8·
        5 months ago

        I don’t think so. She looks a dog, barks like a dog but scratches my arms like a cat. Joking aside it’s my fault I like roughhousing with her and she gets carried away.

        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
          4·
          5 months ago

          I got bitten on my head when rough-housing with the dog. She lunged like a wound-up bonehead, I ducked, my head bled from a chippy tooth she has. When I lose my hair I’m gonna have to explain the scar and get teased all over again.

          (Doggy’s fine. We comforted her after the ensuing confusion and she still seems to think I’m awesome despite scaring her so.)

          • BurnedDonut@ani.social
            1·
            5 months ago

            She is with me since she was born (I was there helping her mother give birth). So she usually doesn’t try to bite when we play but I’ve a scar inside on my palm from when she had her baby teeth. Those were like needles. My scratches usually happen because she tries to wrestle me down and her nails scratches my arms in the process. As for your scars wear them proudly my friend. There is nothing to be ashamed of for paying the price while trying to have a good time ;-) Give your puppy some pets for me and a have a great day.

  • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
    10·
    5 months ago

    Sometimes I can sneakily snip 2 or 3 of my cat’s daggers while she’s sleeping before she wakes up and refuses any more. It’s dangerous and scary. There is no other way.

    • Maven (famous)@lemmy.zipOP
      22·
      5 months ago

      I think you’re thinking of declawing.

      Trimming nails is good for the cat because otherwise the nail grows so long that it loops around and stabs into their hand. In the wild this is fixed by them breaking off as they do normal activities but they don’t do that nearly as much in a domestic situation.

      Declawing though, is cruel

      • SRo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        6·
        5 months ago

        They couldn’t loop around really. And you can only trim the very end of a cat’s nail without injuring it. If it’s purely a indoor cat just give it a few ways to scratch their nails and everything is fine without ever needing to trim the nails.

        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
          9·
          5 months ago

          Weird how that’s never been the case for many of my family in the 40 years I’ve known us to keep cats.

          My sister runs a vet hospital. Last time I checked the prevailing wisdom was “yeah of course you’ll have to trim them because there’s nothing inside that’ll provide the same wearing action and keep them short otherwise” but I can ask again if need be.

          Where’d you hear such crazy ideas?

          • SRo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            1·
            5 months ago

            That’s not a crazy idea. Go ask your sis. Catss unlike dogs, have blood vessels and nerves in their nails so you can only safely trim them a few mm. A scratching post or something similar gets the job done in a safe way without trimming.

            • Maven (famous)@lemmy.zipOP
              10·
              5 months ago

              Nobody is talking about cutting the whole nail off… We’ve been saying trimming this whole time. I don’t know where you got the idea that we were advocating cutting blood vessels instead of just doing the safe bit.

                • Lightfire228@pawb.social
                  6·
                  5 months ago

                  “Don’t feed the trolls” is a Golden rule of the internet, However, providing well sourced and constructed counter arguments can be good for anyone else following the chain

                  So they don’t hear only the crazies talking

              • SRo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                1·
                5 months ago

                The trimming done in the pic is already too much. And why trim at all if normal scratching is more than enough?

                • Lightfire228@pawb.social
                  7·
                  5 months ago

                  The trimming in the pic is perfect. You can clearly see the quick (the opaque bit of the nail (in the shape of a triangle), before the nail starts curling) is about 1 or 2 mm away from the edge

                  If the quick was cut, there’d be blood, and a very pissed cat

                  I’ve got tons of cat scratchers, the ones that are very tall, so the cat can get a full stretch, and have a wide base, so they don’t fall over

                  And 2 of my 3 cats still need nail trimmings about every 3-4 weeks. Otherwise their nails get stuck on things, or they claw me to death by accident since their nails are so long, they don’t fully retract

                  My dog’s nails, I have the vet handle, because I cannot trim black nails without hitting the quick

                  Edit: here’s a link to the scratching post I use and recommend

            • suction@lemmy.world
              5·
              5 months ago

              of course just a few mm. but that isn’t equal to “Trimming cat nails is animal cruelty” you absolutely braindead nincompoop.

            • Coriza@lemmy.world
              3·
              5 months ago

              Apart from what other have said, you are also wrong about dogs. Dogs nails also have quick and need the same care as cats nails.