Claw caps for cats are basically a small plastic
cover resembling their claw that can be twig onto their claws, thus you can
avoid declawing or trimming the cat claws. The basic idea behind claw caps is protecting the cushion, furniture, floor
mats, wooden floor, carpet, even our own skin from getting damaged by their
claw. Cats have an inbuilt tendency to scratch the surface when they stretch
themselves, or it’s more like a fun part for them. There has been a debate on theinternet that claw caps are so inhumane and
mutilating cat’s claws. Some pet lovers claimed that claw caps prevented them
from walking properly and eating food, where cats use their sharp claw to grab food and climb heights. But in the caretaking ambience cats get food served and
necessary care is taken by the pet owner, so debate doesn’t found a track to
stick on.
How safe are
claw caps for cats?
Claw caps are made from hard plastic, perhaps ABS
in branded products. They are perfectly designed to fit the cat’s claw, such
that there is no longer required to declaw. Claw caps for kittens are available separately, where they are made
more compact and low-pocketed in order to
lock with kittens tiny claw. In fact,
kittens need it much urgent since they
are the naughty one’s who might damage our households, rather than brought up
mature cats. There is the least chance
for these things to be swallowed by cats
since they are firmly stick with claws.
Even if they did swallow, it is likely to cause no harm for them since the claw might eject out
of the body during normal excretion. The glue used in claw caps are much more
skin friendly and possess no risk for either cat or pet owner.
Moreover, claw caps protect cat’s claw from any
abrupt accidents which might happen at times. Cats with poor judgement might
claw over hard substances like rubber, which might result in breaking claws.
Claw caps protects cats claw from these accidents. If you have kids at home,
then having claw caps for your cat is a safe choice such that they won’t
accidentally hurt your baby while playing with them.
Where can I buy
them?
You can find a number of claw cap products online
as well as at pet store, which costs around $5 ~ $10 or 300 ~ 700 INR. These
claw caps needed to be glued to their claw, which might over time gets loose
and lost. Companies like softpaw have
self-adhesive claw caps, which has self-sticking skin friendly glue that
ensures longer life. It costs around $15 - $20 or 1000 ~ 2000 INR for a set of
40 self-adhesive ‘softpaw’ claw caps.
Price varies across different region and country and might go up if it’s
imported. There are other brands offering cheap claw caps, but they may not be
self-adhesive. You can choose from all any of rainbow colors or floral colors
for cat paws.
