nail caps for cats--do you like them?

[ginnyinWI]

I volunteer at a shelter and need good arguments against declawing cats. It sometimes works out, but it also can lead to problems like not using the litter box or learning to bite rather than scratch to defend themselves.

Providing sisal rope and other scratching posts is my go-to advice. But what about those nail caps you can get--do they stay on and work out okay? Are they easy to glue on and how often do you need to do it?

Thanks in advance. My cats use sisal covered posts on their cat tree and nothing else, so I don't have the problem. But some have said that their cats don't like scratching posts so I need more solutions for them.

[madinmaryland]

1. We have four cats running the age range of five months to eleven years and

they all love and use the scratching posts on the cat trees. My wife does trim their nails occasionally (only the front ones) and that helps a bit too.

We try to buy furniture that is does not seem to be conducive to scratching (micro-suede is what I think it is).

[oregonjen]

2. Declawing is cruel and so painful for cats

The pain stays with them. They don't want to use the litter box because it is painful to dig in the litter.

Here is a link from the Humane Society...

http://m.humanesociety.org/animals/cats/tips/declawing.html#.Uwlib8u9KSM