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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2007A First!!!
Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having her front paws touched and I don't blame her. We have a little routine where I lie on my side on the sofa when I'm watching TV or reading and she snuggles close in front of me. Sometimes she crosses her pretty paws as I stroke her head, and we do the blinky-eyes thing at each other and I tell her how much I love her. She usually finds a way to touch me with the tip of the paw that is crossed over the top, just a bit. Tonight we were in this position but I had my hand knuckles down on the couch in front of her, fingers loosely curled. I felt her reach out with her paw and touch my hand. I didn't move my hand, just looked at her, blinked and told her how pretty she is. Next thing I knew she had slipped her paw into my curled fingers and left it there! I was so stoked! She let me "hold" her paw! And *she* initiated it! We did the blinky-eyes thing some more and I kept talking to her. She left her paw there for a good 10 minutes before she moved it and tucked it under her chest. WOW! Jill | I felt her reach out with | her paw and touch my hand. I didn't move my hand, just looked at her, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] | some more and I kept talking to her. She left her paw there for a good 10 | minutes before she moved it and tucked it under her chest. WOW! Grinning ear to ear at the sweetness. Gray girls are so special! >Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having her >front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Jill Persia's a Very Special Kitty, as you both know. I feel sorry for her former human(s), if she was lost, but they surely couldn't have hoped for a better home for her! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Life without cats would be only marginally worth living." -TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier. -Buddha > >Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having her > >front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > - Show quoted text - True, their loss was definitely Jill's gain. Suz&Spicey > > >Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. ?She hates having her > > >front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > True, their loss was definitely Jill's gain. It's Persia's gain too. Certainly if they were the ones who had her front paws declawed. Almost certainly, in any case. Will in New Haven -- > Suz&Spicey- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - >> > >Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. ?She hates having her >> > >front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > >Will in New Haven Unfortunately, in the USA a great many, perhaps most people, simply don't know how badly declawing a cat affects it for the rest of it's life. I believe most people who have cats declawed believe that *only* the claw is removed. We all know different. I worked for a vet, and had to leave over the declawing; I refused to suture up the poor kitty's paws, after a few days. And I couldn't watch it, or be in the same room, after awhile. Despite the anesthetic, EVERY SINGLE CAT that I saw being declawed made a horrible noise as each digit was ripped off. It's more horrible than I hope you can ever imagine. > Unfortunately, in the USA a great many, perhaps most people, simply > don't know how badly declawing a cat affects it for the rest of it's > life. I believe most people who have cats declawed believe that *only* > the claw is removed. > We all know different. I think it would be horrible even if it *were* just the claw. Cats need their claws! > I worked for a vet, and had to leave over the declawing; I refused to > suture up the poor kitty's paws, after a few days. And I couldn't watch > it, or be in the same room, after awhile. Despite the anesthetic, EVERY > SINGLE CAT that I saw being declawed made a horrible noise as each digit > was ripped off. You mean... they weren't put under anesthesia??? Joyce > Unfortunately, in the USA a great many, perhaps most people, simply > don't know how badly declawing a cat affects it for the rest of it's [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > It's more horrible than I hope you can ever imagine. I so wish all the countries would forbid declawing, Polonca and Soncek >> Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having >> her front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > former human(s), if she was lost, but they surely couldn't have hoped > for a better home for her! I hope she was lost, not abandoned. But I got the impression she was simply left behind. I had notices out and called all the shelters and vets within 10 miles yet no one claimed her. But Persia claimed *me*. And I'm so happy she did! Last night was a sort of crowning glory. She's let me rub her belly since about 6 months after she came here. Heck, the first night she was here she climbed up into bed next to me and purred next to my pillow. Admittedly, it was a distressed purr; she wasn't sure about her choice but she did climb up next to me. Within a few days she knew she'd made the right choice :) By then I was a sucker for this sweet girl. What else could I do? LOL Jill >>> Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having >>> her front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > >Jill Persia certainly picked the right door to meow at! > Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having > her front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Jill Awwwwwwwww.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having her > front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Jill Wow is right. Those little moments mean so much. SignatureJoey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh >> she had slipped her paw into my curled fingers and left it >> there! I was so stoked! She let me "hold" her paw! And *she* [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Wow is right. Those little moments mean so much. You're absolutely right. Of all the moments with my little dog Sampson (RB) I remember most looking out the sliding glass doors at my mom's house and he was standing on his hind legs sniffing one of her roses! It is indelibly etched in my mind. As will be this memory of Persia placing her paw in my hand :) Jill Jill, it's called trust. And love. God bless. Lily & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time. > Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having her > front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Jill > Jill, it's called trust. And love. God bless. > > Lily & her mama Took her long enough! ;) Jill >> Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having >> her front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> >> Jill >Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having her >front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Jill It's wonderful, isn't it? Stinky is a hand-holder, too. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having her > front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > some more and I kept talking to her. She left her paw there for a good 10 > minutes before she moved it and tucked it under her chest. WOW! I'm curious, Jill. My Cendrillon had been declawed before I got her,too, but she still "kneads" like any other cat (on my neck or leg, if she's sitting on me). She also "spars" with Melisande in mock battle, even though Melly has claws and Cendri doesn't. Are you saying Persia doesn't knead, or just that she resists having you touch her paws? Cendrillon tends to back away if I approach her (although she's perfectly comfortable when it is she who initiates the contact) and doesn't care to be picked up, but she's very much a lap cat, so long as it's HER idea. (And as with all cats, a kneading session usually preceeds her settling down for a long stay.) >> Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having >> her front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > and Cendri doesn't. Are you saying Persia doesn't knead, or > just that she resists having you touch her paws? She kneads and she also bats at me if I have a toy or something in my hand or sometimes acts like she's boxing with me. But she has always resisted having me touch her front paws at all. She pulls them away the moment I touch them. > Cendrillon tends to back away if I approach her (although she's > perfectly comfortable when it is she who initiates the > contact) and doesn't care to be picked up, but she's very > much a lap cat, so long as it's HER idea. (And as with all > cats, a kneading session usually preceeds her settling down > for a long stay.) Persia has always been a lap cat. The first night she arrived here, total stranger, she was up next to me on the pillow. She was purring, albeit distressedly (sort of a ragged sound). But it seems she was used to being around humans at bedtime; she simply wasn't used to me. That changed fast enough! She doesn't mind being picked up although it's no her favourite thing in the world and she seems to associate it with being put in a carrier. She abhors having her front paws touched. I merely associated that with the declawing, although it may have nothing to do with it at all. At any rate, it was a very sweet and loving 10 minutes! Jill >Next thing I knew she had slipped >her paw into my curled fingers and left it there! I was so stoked! She let [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Jill Concatulations! I love when Five does this too. She's also a front declaw - we did not do that, she was already that way at the shelter - and she doesn't appear to be oversensitive in her front paws based on her behavior. It's a nice sign that they trust us when they do that "paw holding". Enjoy! :) Signatureannoyed@net.spammers Craig, Kathi & "Cat Five" the tabby girl > Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having her > front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Jill That is Wonderful, Jill. I have the same situation with my Wolfie (he came to me declawed; was still limping when I got him). When I first got him, I gently massaged his poor paws, and the let me. Now he's touchy about them :-( Oh, well, maybe Persia can send him a message and tell him she decided she likes her pawsies being touchedl P-) Ginger-lyn still struggling to type with Trill between me and the keyboard. > Most of you know Persia came to me front declawed. She hates having her > front paws touched and I don't blame her. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Jill That's wonderful! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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