gyms are still training, you are still using muscles.

We both are basically talking about same things, the only difeerence is the method of wearing of the claws - done by cat themselves (by daily using them or using scratch posts, etc) or by stimulating or accelerating the wear, by doing it by ourseleves. Maybe I am an old school guy, but to me the former seems better (animals are left better on doing things on their own). This when extrapolated to humans is a bit wierd, because we do not necessarily bound humans these days, and my point is mostly falling back to, if you raise cats, they should be allowed to be free (cared for when they are weak) but not when they are capable. This when extrapolated to humans would be equivalent of saying we should not take care of healthy middle aged people, which i do not agree with at all. I know my views are now clashing, but maybe this is because it is not easy to comment on this. There was a comment going ver domestication - it mostly went like - “we domesticated them” so now they are dependent on us.

In fact I am even more conflicted on this one - cats (indoor or outdoor) wreck havoc on wildlife around, especially near/within cities (they are basically the best predators here - small, agile and smart. In jungle there are bigger cats competing, but here they are top “cats”. And from a wild life conservationist persepective, I would never even want a cat to have sharp claws. But when I would be asked for any individual cat, I can’t resist but allow them to exist as is. Maybe this is because us humans consider ourselves indepndent of the food web, and now want to act “god” here to affect this. Maybe we are the ones to be blamed for bringing cats with us. (which we are responsible for, but I don’t know how to react to that)

forgotten

P.S it is kinda a weird move to write as if SGA is not you.

the wierdities is possibly because of ai

Most cats will grind their nails down themselves to some degree, not by simply walking but by scratching against something

i know this, and that is one of my points, cats should be allowed to to gradually wear them down. Clipping is instantaneous and discrete. I knida also get to why is gradual probably better than discreet (better for hunting, and hence the pshycological benefits)

A misconception you seem to have is that a trimmed cat’s claws can’t scratch, this is not the case, a cat is still able to hunt* or defend itself with trimmed nails

I do know this, but i think we can agree, trimmed cat will have less sharp claws, and less effective in said things, they would be trying to chop a tree with a bluntter axe

An overgrown nail can get stuck and cause them to break a digit, it can make it difficult and painful to walk, it can also make the nail break off, which is painful and can become infected.

these are real things i can agree to, but my hypothesis is that these are relevant for young and old cats ( i did go about this also in the other chain).

well if you do not want holes in your skin/clothes/furniture, you should not have them (as in the said things) /s

i know they are not same, my question is why is/is not trimming fine

I had added in replies that i get why young and old cats may require it, and for them it is like required pain

well your cats are excited to get treats and probably clippers to them is just a indicator

i know cat hunting is dangerous for wild life, i added many links related to this in the original post.

i know, and i had given reasonings for my comparisons, it is kinda like saying getting kicked in balls vs period cramps - i know they are not same