Stuff.

[snarp]

1) Dubiety the Cat has not sharpened his claws for a pretty long time; he won't use the carpet post, and he's figured out that he's not allowed to mess with the couch. I unfortunately probably can't let him go outdoors to use a tree, given the horrific wounds I keep seeing on the neighborhood strays. (I tried to catch the friendly tuxedo-cat to take him to the shelter the other day, but while he's okay with being held and petted, he flips out when I start walking while he's in my arms.)

So I was trying to pick the old claw layers off Dubiety myself, to keep them from getting ingrown, and. Well. That's not going to work out unless I get a suit of fucking armor.

I'm think I'm going to get some sisal rope and a board, wrap the rope around the board, and lean it against the couch where he tries to scratch sometimes. Maybe that'll work for him.

2) I messed with the RIFT expansion a little today. It occasionally forgets that it takes place in the Plane of Water and spawns invasions from the Plane of Water, because it's fucking RIFT and nothing makes any sense.

The Big Bad says "this place shall become one with the Plane of Water!" I have some good news for you, buddy.

3) Today I ate a can of soup that ostensibly expired in early 2012. I'm fine.

Comments

[boxofdelights]

I've clipped the nails of a friend's cat when she stopped wearing them down herself. They were almost complete circles by the time I got to them. She was elderly, and had never had her nails trimmed, but she didn't try to fight.

If you want to try it, human nail clippers work fine. Just clip the tips off. Cats' claws are clear enough that you can see and avoid the quick. My tiny dog's nails are all black. Also he is convinced that I'm going hurt him horribly. I trim a very little bit, frequently, and they're still too long.

[snarp]

He's not the sort of cat who allows you to do that, unfortunately - he tore my hand up pretty bad today. And the problem's not actually that they're too long, it's that the old outer layers of claw-stuff don't come off if the cat's not using its claws, so they get ingrown.

I'd need to sit there and pick away at the sides of his claws with my fingernails if I wanted to deal with that manually, which would lead quickly to my demise, judging by today's results.

[boxofdelights]

Clipping off the tip does make the whole sheath easier to shed, but yeah, if he doesn't tolerate it, that is a silly use of the word "easier".