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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • I have an indoor only cat. I trim his front nails and have trimmed them his whole life. He sits completely passively and doesn’t complain when I clip them. I trim them well away from the quick and only do so when they’ve gotten long enough that he gets caught on things or that I feel them or get scratched when he jumps in or out of my lap. He has no problems with me touching his paws and is very chill.

    I had an indoor only cat who had been declawed by his previous owner. He was extremely on edge about his paws being touched, and growled, hissed and even bit if he thought you were going to try. He went straight to attempting to bite if you tried to touch him in a way he didn’t want to be touched. He was extremely distrustful of all humans and it took me a long time to win him over.

    IMO the difference is obvious and there’s no comparison. Trimming a cat’s nails, if done correctly, causes a cat no real discomfort or lasting trauma. Declawing a cat violates a cat’s trust and causes lifetime behavioral issues and real harm. They are nothing alike.



  • I always enjoy the April Fools efforts from Guild Wars. They’ve done all sorts of things from making all players tiny, giving them bobbleheads, making them go into “airplane mode” (a reference to a t-pose animation glitch but with added “homemade” sound effects) to entire quest lines and even an entirely new game mode inspired by 8 bit platformers that spawned its own festival because it was awesome. This year you can relive some highlights from recent years, but the new addition is being able to open your own Cat Cafe in your homestead.