toes... toenails... claws...

call them whatever you want, sometimes i just want to rip prada's out!!  initially we thought she was declawed... no... she just didn't know that she had those particular tools yet... when she did learn that she had them, our life was over... 

one time i was restraining her because she was misbehaving... when i let her go, all claws were out as she jumped off of my lap... ouch... 

she likes to sharpen her claws on the proper objects such as the scratching posts we have for the cats as well as my area rugs... 

she also has inadvertently scratched up our leather sofa because when she runs and jumps, she always has to have her claws hanging out!!

cut them you say?  aren't i a skilled vet tech that can do this?  yes... on any normal cat... i had a friend come and help me (who's a vet tech too) and man... it was a challenge for both of us... prada was covered with a blanket and restrained, and i still had a hard time trying to clip her toenails... 

i've had the vet do it a few times... for $19... they always say she's good... ha... i think they just want me to keep coming back to spend money... 

there is also nail caps which you can glue onto the toenails and they eventually grow off... but knowing prada, we won't be able to get them on in the first place... and she'll probably chew them off... would be funny to give her pink toenails though... hehe (they come in colors)...

then there is always the option of declawing... but that's not an option... it's cruel... sometimes it makes the animal meaner... and we don't need to do that with prada... 

so until then, we'll just all get shredded as necessary...