I'm A Marked Woman With Awesome Furniture and Window Treatments
Posted: Sunday, June 27, 2010
by Roschelle Nelson
In the immortal words of Tupac, Only God Can Judge Me
I told my girlfriend about the awesome curtains and she got all excited and did a little happy dance with me! I only had one pair of curtains in my apartment and to the nekkid eye you'd think Freddy Krueger and Wolverine had arm wrestled one another to see who'd get a chance to hang them for me.
I thought for a minute. Surely my little angels wouldn't think of destroying my curtains. Then I realized they'd never intentionally planned to ruin the one pair I did own....or had they?
I remembered all the times I was awakened by the two of them fighting and literally climbing that one pair of curtains like Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay must have done before reaching their summit!!
Then I started looking around at the rest of my furniture. The ottoman was covered with scratches and so was the back of my couch. This really had never mattered that much to me since the items were only temporary stage props until I found my forever home.
It was a no brainer. I was going to have to have them de-clawed (Queue the music from the shower scene in the Psycho movie!).
Their appointments were scheduled the day I planned to move. I dropped them off the night before and finished packing in preparation for my big day.
I picked the kitties up the day after surgery. They looked so pitiful, frightened, confused and BETRAYED!!!
To make matters worse, I didn't bring them to the home they remembered. I brought them to this new place, a strange place, a bigger place with tons of curtains, no carpet and STAIRS!!!
My poor babies stayed under my bed almost 3 days! I moved the food and water bowl into my room along with the litter box. I would lie on the floor and talk to them all the while hoping I hadn't made the biggest mistake ever especially after researching what the process actually entails.
Thank goodness my vet performs the procedure with a laser. I still feel bad at times until I see the two of them pawing (clawlessly) at the curtains and furniture!
I haven't noticed any behavioral changes and they both seem to be adapting well.
In hindsight, I think I would have tried other alternatives - claw covers, tape, etc. But what's done is done.
I hope they've forgiven me. Their forgiveness and affection are all that really matter - so there!
I'm sure they have forgiven you already! Doesn't seem as though they suffered. Congratulations on your new house!Please log in to respond to this comment.Thanks a lot Jennifer. I'm new to cats..and love them dearly.Please log in to respond to this comment.
Hopefully the procedure was painless for them. I can't imagine how grateful that you did perform the procedure on them.Please log in to respond to this comment.
