Alternatives to Declawing Your Cat

Your cat is ruining your furniture by sharpening her claws on it. What can you do to protect your furniture?

Declawing your cat is one solution, but this is a painful surgerical procedure.

One alternative to declawing are nail caps. These are caps that fit right over your cat's claws.

A special glue (comes with the nail caps) is applied to the claw, then simply put the nail cap on the claw. I have never used these caps so I don't know how long they last, but it sounds like an interesting idea.