Image:Emily gray tabby cat play sequence 05.jpg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Image
• File history
• File links

No higher resolution available.
Emily_gray_tabby_cat_play_sequence_05.jpg‎ (756 × 504 pixels, file size: 40 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

fifth photo in sequence of cat playing with toy. Photo taken Richard Chambers, Sept-2003.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers.

Here Emily is down on the floor with the toy. When fighting, cats hold their opponent with their front claws while using the claws on their strong hind legs to injure the opponent.

Their claws are ordinarily relaxed and hidden by the fur and skin of their paws but when a cat is playing or hunting, they extend their claws. Their claws have sharp points. Their claws contine to grow and they periodically shed a claw sheathe or covering.

We clip the tips of our cats' claws using a fingernail clipper periodically. This tends to reduce the amount of clawing or scratching they do to their scratching posts. Our cats are pretty good about not clawing the furniture though there is one rug which they seem to love.

Clipping their claws also means less damage to my hands when I play with them and they forget themselves. Because their claws are curved if they do grab your hand with claws extended, if you try to pull away, the damage is considerably more than if you stay still.

Previous photo image:Emily_gray_tabby_cat_play_sequence_04.jpg

Next photo image:Emily_gray_tabby_cat_play_sequence_06.jpg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

• Search for duplicate files
• Edit this file using an external application

  See the setup instructions for more information.

File links