Cat-tastophy

So when you move in with someone... you end up having to fight for the things you really want to keep. We kept his lazy boys and got rid of my antique 70's chairs, kept my bright red kitchen stuff and left his pots for his old roomates to use.

You know you love someone when you go through your closet and get rid of HALF of all you clothes and SHOES just to make room for them ( dont worry I'll buy replacement shoes :-P)

there are some things however that are just non negotiable. ie, his x-box, which i secretly love having (closet gamer...shh dont tell anyone) my large display bookshelf and of course our pets.

now here comes the big issue. I have a cat Hershey (aww isnt she cute) and he has a hamster, Tali (named after a video game character *rolls eyes*)

yes, one of the pets falls under the others food chain... but i'm certain it can work. It has been , with a few minor incidents when Hershey knocked over the cage. It has now been moved to a secure location where theres no room to push it over.

having a cat has proved to be interesting. Since Anthony has moved in, there have been times where she just goes off on the carpet. chewing scratching ripping it up...there goes my deposit. but he just cant take any more of the nails coming out and destroying everything ... ok i get it we want nice things. but heres the thing i am absolutely positively 100% AGAINST de-clawing.

will not do it.

so we went out today and got silicone caps to put over her nails. when i fist heard of these i just imagined that they would be clear or black and not noticable.. boy was i wrong. they only come in the brightest colors imaginable... at least over at petsmart. so we opted for pink... see pic above.

now getting them on was a feat. first you have to clip the nails. and i dont know if any of you have cats...but they REALLY hate getting their claws trimmed. so Anthonys got a death grip on her trying to keep her from thrashing about long enough for me to cut all her claws down. THEN you have to put the nails on one at a time adding glue carefully to each one and then putting them on one by one..

Then... keep the cat still for 5 mins... REALLY are you kidding me with this?

and the entire time Hershey is kicking and screaming and moaning like we are murdering her or something.

this takes over half and hour. and at the end of it Anthony is covered in cat hair and scratches and Hershey has pink nails that she cant remove lol. we feed her a tasty treat to keep her occupied while they finish drying.

anyway long story short... battle won. we keep the cat and she keeps her claws.