Short version: He's an IDIOT, and I wasn't willing to fight him when he was a new cat. When I first got him, I picked him up, he struggled, he fell, he grabbed for me, and didn't use his claws. I picked him up, grabbed a paw, felt for claws, tried to push out his claws, and failed. And then torrain did the same thing.
So we concluded he'd been declawed.
He's got claws, he just won't use them, *ever*, when he's around strange people or strange situations. And he rolls his knuckles to keep anyone from pushing his claws out. Combined with the Montreal vet clipping his claws very short, we thought he didn't have any, until we caught him sharpening them.
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Date: 2011-07-27 11:11 pm (UTC)Short version: He's an IDIOT, and I wasn't willing to fight him when he was a new cat. When I first got him, I picked him up, he struggled, he fell, he grabbed for me, and didn't use his claws. I picked him up, grabbed a paw, felt for claws, tried to push out his claws, and failed. And then
So we concluded he'd been declawed.
He's got claws, he just won't use them, *ever*, when he's around strange people or strange situations. And he rolls his knuckles to keep anyone from pushing his claws out. Combined with the Montreal vet clipping his claws very short, we thought he didn't have any, until we caught him sharpening them.