I got the full paw treatment

Most of you know Persia has taken to tapping or gently touching my nose or
face when she wants me to wake up. It's turned into a sort of a game. As I
slowly wake up after she touches my face, I reach out and touch hers. Then
I close my eyes again. She does it again; I do it again. Apparently I
wasn't moving fast enough this morning. I got the equivalent of a kitty
*shove* on my chin! Her fingers were splayed; I could feel the pads
separated on my chin and she pushed hard! I thought, hey! You know I
always get up! You know I feed you! Cut out the rough stuff!

I didn't declaw her; she came that way. Can they splay out their paws like
that and still have their claws retracted?

Adrian A...

Snoopy's claws come out when she does that, usually she's very gentle but
occasionally she'll catch my lip with a very sharp claw, then it bleeds
quite a lot. A small amount of discomfort is worth it as long as she's
happy.

Kreisleriana...

Patty paws! I love patty paws, with claws and without.
When I was little, we had a declawed cat, and he made the same
extension (and kneaded, too) as if he still had claws. He also used
to ball his little paw up into a surprisingly hard little fist, and
poke us with it! ;)

jmcquown...

She kneads me on my side almost every night before curling up next to me.
I'm sure if she had claws and it was on bare skin it would probably hurt but
she does it through a blanket and a sheet :) That fist thing is funny! I
sort of felt like she was giving me a right hook this morning when she

Matthew AKA NMR...

Lucky you only the paw
if I don't get up fast enough for Rumble it is a full fledge nip on the
nose, yowl in the ear or a single claw tip into the nose. Of course once
he does this and Daddy is climbing down from the ceiling fan He gives me
what did I wake you look

shoved on my chin like that!

Theresa

Make Levees, Not War

glsummer...

Our Wolfie came to us declawed, too. He has never seemed to feel he
was disabled in any way. He splays, he "scratches", he bats and pats
and smacks, and I've even seen him shimmy up the cat tree a few times
(how, I don't know!).

Ginger-lyn

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