Soft Claws Nail Caps for Medium Cats – (40 Caps, Pink) - Veterinarian-Developed | Protects Furniture & Skin - Easy to Apply, Long-Lasting Anti-Scratch Soft Cat Claw Covers

Update!!: it’s 2020 my sweet boy turns 6 this year. I STILL LOVE these. He’s gotten to where some months he won’t even notice they fell off for awhile and won’t even bother scratching at things. However, once he notices. Man, he goes all out. He is now a big (healthy) chunker that weighs 18 pounds. I alternate between large and medium for him and medium for his now girlfriend who weighs about 8-10 pounds. They both try to take them off as soon as I put them on. However, after a few minutes they have forgotten about them again. Original post: I absolutely love these! I started using this product about 4-5 months ago. I wanted to give it enough time before, I wrote a review. So here's my story: My sweet kitten just turned one in June and was getting/ tearing up everything! Trimming his nails didn't help, a big scratching post didn't work. Absolutely nothing helped. My fiancé started to push for us to declaw him just because, the cat was getting very out of hand. However, since I'm not big on declawing I went to the Internet! These are what I've found! I've ordered both a small and a medium of these and have found that medium work best. Id say if the cat is younger than one get small, any older it's best to get medium. The Good: -Basically what these are, are rubber caps that go onto your cats nail. They do not hurt them and for the most part the glue holds strong. It's a special glue that won't hurt the animals nails. Nor will it damage anything. They are still able to use their nails however, they arnt nearly as sharp. The Bad: - I've noticed on some of these reviews they complain the nails don't stay long enough or stay on to long. I have had a situation with both. I have learned it truly varies on two things: how much glue you put into the nail and how fast your cat's nails grow. Be sure to trim the cat's nails before putting the nail caps on that way they get the longest life span possible. Sometimes, My cat will lose a nail cap after a week of me putting them on. This has nothing to do with the product. It just means my cat was to fidgety and I didn't put as much glue as I needed too. Some of the nails are different sizes. So make sure that the bigger ones go on the bigger nails (obviously). The Ugly: - There was one time that I had notice my cat had two nails stuck longer than any of his other nail caps ( about two months). I had already replaced all the other ones at least once. However, those two were stuck like some of the horror stories suggested in previous reviews. To be honest it isn't a huge deal. It just means for some reason they stuck better. I learned that to get those two nails that were “super stuck” off. All you have to do it get a cotton ball with nail polish remover on it and rub the cats stuck nail cap until it pops off. It took only a matter of minutes. Also, it is notable to mention the glue dries very quickly. I've learned not to put the glue cap back on. Otherwise, you will never be able to open the glue again. I just put it in a sandwhich bag away from everything until my next use. Also, it does NOT rip out the nail!!! What you see when the nail falls off is dried glue that came up when it fell off the cats nails. Overall, I highly recommend this product to anyone considering to buy it. I've only had to buy two packages in all the months I've been using this product. Great price for the quantity and quality!

I absolutely LOVE these for my cat. He hates getting his nails clipped and never lets me touch his paws. So while I was waiting for the SoftPaws to come in the mail, I would touch his paws and play with them until he was a bit more comfortable. Then when they finally came in I was excited to put them on. I was very worried that he would shred up my arms and waited a few weeks before finally putting them on him. When he started playing pretty rough with our new puppy, I knew I had to find a way to put them on him before he scratched her good! So while he was sleeping pretty hard one day, I sat next to him, pet him, cliped one nail, and kept petting him. I did this until he finally came to and figured out that I was messing with his nails. I'd wait another 5-10 mins and do the whole thing all over again until I got all of his nails clipped. I put the nail caps on the exact same way. I filled one up with the glue, sat next to him, pet him until he was comfortable, and then slipped a nail cap on his nails. Again, I did this until he figured out what I was doing and would give it a few minutes before trying again. This went on until I put all 10 nail caps on his paws. He didn't notice at all. He licked his paws a bit, but he did not fight to chew them off or throw a fit. This really surprised me. It's like he didn't even notice them! He is such a sweet kitty but so mean whenever you put a collar on him or try and clip his nails. After I got all of his nail caps on, I watched him to see how he'd react. Of course, he got up and went straight to my carpet that he loved to scratch up. He tried doing it and instead of his nails getting caught, they'd just slip and my carpet wouldn't suffer. This was so cool becuase he was doing what he instinctively does without knowing the difference. He also liked to climb up the couches and would get his claws stuck becuase he never let me cut his nails. Trying this was an adjustment for him because instead of being able to climb up, he'd slip down. My cat really liked to scratch and bite also, but this saved my arms. I was able to play with him without having scratches all the way up my arms. It's been about a month and the nail caps are barely starting to fall off. He's figure out that he can latch on to things again so I need to put some more back on. The only thing is that I bought the medium ones that don't fit so well on his nails. I guess when I order them again I will try large, but I am just worried about them being so big they end up glued to his skin. But the good thing about them being too big is that you can cut/file them down to where they fit his nail perfect. Another thing I will do different is order a bright color. I ordered black because he is a male black cat and I didn't want him to have pink or something too girly, but the downside to this is that it's really hard to tell if they are still on there without having to mess with him and if one does fall off, it might be easier to find on the floor before my puppy or cat puts it in their mouth. This is a really long review, but these nail caps were such a great idea for my cat. So much better and humane than declawing him. Not all cats are the same and I really didn't think my cat would take to them and was so surprised and happy that he did. This product is really easy and at least worth a try before taking your cat to get his little fingers cut off!

I was about to set an appointment to declaw my 5 lb, four month-old kitten when I decided to try these out. I have two fully grown declawed indoor cats, but I always felt bad about the process. The Soft Paws were so inexpensive I thought it was worth a try. I ordered the small size in red for my black cat so it would be easy to tell if they came off. Rodney is a wild man, but besides guilting me out with sad, betrayed eyes, he didn't give me much trouble. My husband applied the glue to the gel caps and I applied them to Rodney's claws. I had to do it in two sessions, however, because the first three caps had too much glue in them. His long toe hair got stuck to his real nails and I couldn't get them on. I had to give him a few days to work off the glue before I could glue them successfully. You should only apply enough glue to fill about a third of the cap. I kept him distracted for a few minutes to let the glue dry and he didn't seem too concerned with the sensation. When he did fuss with them they stayed on. There is a video on YouTube by a veterinarian who demonstrates the process. Over a week later, he still has them on, despite using his scratching post and tearing around the house on turbo. I suspect Soft Paws work best on young cats, but, for the price, it's worth trying on any cat before putting it through a declawing. I will definitely keep using them. UPDATE--5 Weeks later: I have used about 20 of the 40 caps in five weeks, so on average I am replacing them at a rate of 2.5 per week. I don't know if that is the normal rate of claw loss for a 5 month-old, super-active kitten, but since they are red they are easy to spot on the floor and sometimes have partial claw still in them. Other times, though, the now unprotected claw looks suspiciously smooth and new. Since my cat is pretty understanding about the whole process and I usually do just one per "session," I can do it alone, so this is an acceptable inconvenience for me. HOWEVER, the 6 included glue applicator tips are woefully insufficient for 40 gel caps since Rodney will NEVER lose enough claws at the same time that so that I can replace them all in a large batch with one disposable applicator. I would run have run out of applicators in the first couple of weeks. Anticipating this after the first replacement cap, I have gone through the tedious process of cleaning out the super glue with a large needle, nail polish remover and toothpicks every time I use an applicator in order to maximize its usage. I am even still using the first of the two glue tubes. They tips were not designed for reuse, and I doubt most people would have the patience to do this. I am going to have to find another source for applicator tips--probably a woodworking or hobby store. For me, sparing Rodney that gruesome operation makes it all worthwhile and I recommend people try these things at least once. They are not that expensive and my vet says she has shown clients how to put them on the first time. There is a knack to it and a lot depends on your level of comfort with your cat. Being more of a cat person, I am more comfortable putting these on Rodney on than I am brushing my dog Norman's teeth, and he doesn't do much more than try to twist his head and give me the stare of betrayal. Go figure.

I have a very calm, very tolerant 10 lb tortoiseshell female. She likes her belly rubbed, and she is fine with her paws being handled. I apply these caps and once I week, I replace any caps that have come off. Applying an entire set, front and back, takes me about 10 minutes from start to finish, but replacing caps as they come off takes about 3 minutes. Judging by how long different colors have remained on her feet, I would say that the caps average 3 weeks or so before being shed. I will break down what I do in case it could be of any help to other users. Supplies: Towel Soft Claws Glue New Applicator tip for glue Fingernail clippers Clipnosis clips (optional) Hood Procedure: I keep all of the supplies I need for application in a small mesh zippered pouch in the junk drawer of my kitchen. When I get ready to apply her nails, I lay down a towel on my kitchen counter (to place kitty on). I collect kitty, place her on the towel on her side, and apply Clipnosis clips. My cat will lay quietly in a zen-like state with the clips, but even without the clips she is easily manageable. I think if this is a terrifying procedure for your cat, you'll want to work on desensitization by playing with their feet more, providing lots of treats when they accept foot petting, then move on to just hanging out on the towel with the tools around, lots of treats, then eventually moving on to just nail clips with lots of treats, etc. If your cat is terrified of this procedure, clipnosis clips are not going to help, but if they are pretty calm about it all, clipnosis clips allow this to be easily done by one person with a totally chill cat who will just stay where you placed them until you're done. So once I've placed the clips on kitty, she just chills out on the towel for a second while I take check her feet. Any nails that are missing a cap, I trim the nail with the fingernail clippers. You want them *short*. Don't clip the quick, because that will be painful and traumatic! But you definitely want them trimmed back short. Once I've clipped the nails and counted how many caps I need, I will take out that number of caps and lay them on the counter. Take out a new applicator tip, clip the end off with the fingernail clippers (they ship with the ends closed off, so you need to clip the end off for glue to flow through the applicator), and then apply to the glue stick. Take your first nail cap, insert the applicator point INTO the nail cap, and squeeze the glue stick until the glue fills up the little cap. You want it to be nearly full of glue, but not so much so that it runs out and all over your fingers - then you just end up gluing yourself to the cap, the cat, or both. Hold the cats paw with one hand and depress the toe slightly to extend the claw, and place the nail cap on the nail. If the nail cap does not seat all the way back on the nail, the cap size is TOO SMALL or your nail is TOO LONG. Since you've already glue the cap on, just make a note of this for next time - either size up or trim the nail back further if you don't think you trimmed it enough. Its not going to hurt anything by not being fully seated on the nail, but it does make it easier for kitty to get caught in loose weave blankets (you need to make sure you don't have those kinds of hazards around) and it will make the nail cap shed off faster. Once you have applied all nail caps, I leave kitty laying on her side while I pack up all the supplies. She needs to remain still and calm for a minute or so while the caps dry, or she could easily shed them before they set. I remove the applicator tip from the glue stick and close the glue stick. Discard the applicator tip - the glue remaining inside will dry hard and make it impossible to use next time. Then I remove clipnosis clips from kitty and give her a treat and some cuddles. I dump the glue stick, clipnosis clips, fingernail clippers and caps all back into the mesh bag, and zip closed. Voila! A few notes on the negative reviews I have seen, and how to possibly avoid those pitfalls: Yes, these nail caps can make it easier for your cat to get caught up in loose weave blankets - think knitted throws. I have had this happen to my kitty, and I had to put the offending throw in another location where she wouldn't be likely to get caught in it. This was an easy sacrifice for me to make to have an alternative to declawing. No, my cat is not a problematic scratcher. We apply nail caps to protect our leather furniture from scratches it incurs from daily running. She likes to run and chase and parkour all over the furniture, and while she is not meaning to, this is damaging. So the nail caps eliminated that. My cat does groom her feet immediately after application, and sometimes seems to chew on the caps, but is not obsessively grooming or gnawing her feet. If she seemed particularly bothered by the caps, I would probably try desensitization by only applying a few caps and seeing if she got used to them little by little, or by distracting her immediately after application with some food. I have not had ANY issue with the caps not shedding in a timely manner - definitely no nails growing into her paw pads due to the caps not shedding. But I think if you're going to apply these caps, you should do your due diligence and check your cats feet once a week for any issues. You are applying an un-natural things to them, after-all. If you notice your cats nail is growing long and the cap is not shedding, take her to the vet to have the cap removed! They can remove it with a harmless solvent. I think that clipping the nails short before application and checking their feet periodically will eliminate this issue.

I applied these nail caps to my two cats several times, usually replacing caps that had fallen off within a week's time. We thought this would be a solution to keep our cats from scratching our hardwood floors. However, after my experience with these caps, I will never be using these nail caps or similar products ever again. I feel like a bad pet owner for using something that put my cats in harm, but the claims this product makes are misleading and lead to injury of one of my cats. First of all, these caps simply did not work for one of my cats. No matter what size I purchased, they did not stay on his nails more than a day or two. In addition, they were so uncomfortable for him that he would chew on the cap until it tore it off. However, for my other cat, the caps stayed on VERY securely. The caps DID NOT naturally shed off like the product claims they do, and the glue left a residue behind on nails that the cap did fall off of. Second of all, gluing the caps onto their nails became very a traumatic experience for my two cats. As a result, they began to avoid me and stopped showing me affection shortly after I started using the caps. In this same time period, I noticed that both of my cats became very sensitive about their paws, and I believe this was because as their nails grew out, the caps applied pressure upward into their nails and against their cuticles and caused them to become irritated. This issue is ultimately what made me decide to stop use of the nail caps. Finally, because I did not want to cut into the quick of my second cat's natural nails to remove the nail caps (because, as I mentioned earlier, the caps did NOT shed on their own, and my cat scratches very frequently), I let his nails grow out longer than normal. When I did cut his nails, it was fairly easy and painless to cut the nails off. I thought I had removed all of the caps, but I missed one (I still don't know how.) I'm not sure if this happened within the week between the final removal of the other caps or if this is the reason I overlooked the last nail cap, but the remaining cap became embedded in my cat's nail bed. It's was very painful for him, and while the cap was able to be removed easily as well once I found it, it did damage my cat's pad and cause him a lot of pain. PLEASE DONT USE THIS PRODUCT!!! The effects of these caps are overwhelmingly negative, and there are better ways to address behavioral issues such as scratching and preserving your house. ITS NOT WORTH THE HARM THIS PRODUCT CAN DO TO YOUR CAT.

I think this is a quality product. They're really easy to apply, and if I use enough glue they stay on very well. If they don't, it's my fault. The cats don't even seem to notice they have them on. However, I ordered the XS set, as I have 2 kittens. The box shows there are 40 XS nail caps in the package, but there are actually 2 vials of caps, one vial is 20 of the XS that I ordered, and the other vial is 20 of a much larger size. Not even the next size. My girls are likely going to stay small and won't need the larger size. Nowhere on the box does it state there are 2 different sizes in the box. Anyway, with only 20 caps to cover 2 cats, and being a total novice at the glue application, they lost a few, so were without all nails covered, and there were no extra to redo. I did have 20 that were totally useless. I contacted the seller and was told that yes, all packages were that way. It wasn't an error. I had to order a second package to get them relatively quickly to cover the nails without caps. Same 2 sizes in the box. Money wasted not once but twice. Even though the product works great on my kittens I won't buy these again.

Within the first several hours of receiving delivery of a new leather sofa, kitty jumped up and was surprised at how slick the leather was as compared to our old fabric sofa. She slid off and left behind 2 small nicks and several claw skid marks. I am vehemently opposed to declawing, so with fingers crossed, gave this a try. Kitty is a 4 year old with tons of energy and personality. In other words, she is not one to just lay limp in your arms and let you do anything to her. Not knowing if I'd be able to apply all 10 in one sitting, I first only filled 5 of the covers. We ended up being able to apply them all, and it wasn't a problem taking a short break in between to fill the next 5. Notes: - It was easier with two of us - - husband to brush and distract kitty, and me to apply. I think it helped a lot that we already trim her nails regularly, so she is used to having her paws touched and handled. Alternately, I have also easily managed to replace single nails that have fallen off while she is napping and fast asleep. - Instructions say fill 1/3 full with glue however, it's not easy to see just how much glue is in each nail. I used the glue sparingly at first. That evening while she was playing with her mouse, 2 covers fell right off. I replaced them and this time filled them more closely to 1/3 full as directed. I overfilled one of them and a little of the glue oozed out onto some of the fur around her toe. I wiped it off quickly, but a teeny bit of fur stuck to the soft claw. This really bothered her and she pulled that soft claw off right away. My husband said it probably felt like arm hair caught in a watchband. - Before and after filling with glue, squeeze open each soft claw so they slip more easily onto each nail. - I tried using my fingers, then also tried using tweezers to put on each soft claw. I found tweezers to be much easier - - more control, and easier to see what you're doing without fingers in the way. - I ordered the clear because I purposely did not wish them to be noticeable. As a side note however, if the covers were brightly colored, you could tell if any covers had fallen off with just a quick glance at each paw. If one had fallen off, it would also be easier to spot around the house. - After 2 weeks, one cover fell off. A week later, we found another on the floor. Both had nail sheaths stuck inside them. This tells us that they work as they are designed to - - - that is, the covers fall off because the nails had grown and their sheaths had shed. Sure enough, the bare nails were long and needed to be trimmed before new covers were put on. Caution however, not to trim the nails too short. If you do, it doesn't leave enough nail surface for the glue to adhere to and the Soft Claw will quickly fall off. In summary : Other than when the glue oozed out of the one claw, kitty hasn't tried to pull off a single cover. In fact, she truly doesn't seem to even notice she has them on. They are a complete and perfect solution and everyone is happy. Couldn't ask for anything more.

I LOVE these. I've used them on tons of cats for multiple years of all different personality types. One HUGE guy hated his paws touched, so we'd only do his front legs, and it would stop him from scratching the couch. We would just work in a team to get them on his feet. My feral rescue had some severe scratching issues, and these broke her of all of her "preferred" scratching spots. After about 2 months of Soft Claws, I was able to create new OK spots for her to scratch which came with heavy rewards, diverting the problem somewhere OK. She HATED getting these put on, but I can announce that I haven't used soft paws on her for two years, and my furniture is still good! That said, I recommended these to my mother, who has two slow, fat cats. She's really afraid of cutting their nails, and also hated that they scratched her furniture. No matter WHAT I told her to do, she wouldn't follow through, and was inches from getting her cats declawed (which is inhumane, and ABSOLUTELY NOT an alternative). She had the vet install them on the cats for a small fee, and told me how much she LOVED them for the first month. The thing is that these normally fall off naturally after a few weeks, but they didn't on her cats. I am a frequent checker of my cats for cuts and scrapes, and have curtailed many a cyst, but my mother apparently never goes over them to make sure their health is OK. About 4 of the nails kept growing with the caps on them, and the caps were forced into the paw pads of the kitties requiring an emergency trip to the vet to fix. The thing was that this is EASILY preventable, but good luck explaining that to my mother NOW. My sphynx cat had one claw that refused to fall off, and well before it reached her paw pads, I just trimmed the tip off using nail cutters, and then carefully peeled the nail off. Easy. Tips on keeping the claws on, and preventing growth into the cat's paws: ~Trim your cats nails the DAY BEFORE application. If you do it immediately before, any sharp or loose nail edges will make it less likely for the glue to hold ~ Check every single claw before application. If the lower portion of the open side that would be closest to the paw pad) seems larger than average, trim it before application. This will prevent the edge from growing into the cat's paw pad. ~ If the caps are too large for your cat (test one without glue, first.) Trim a small portion off the open end. This will help make sure they stay on the cat longer, too. ~If you have a wiggly or aggressive cat, have one person calm them with treats and a second person put glue into ALL of the caps for one (or all) paws. Put all of the caps on as fast as possible, and keep rewarding kitty. Make it a very positive experience. Wrapping him in a blanket might work, but you might make the experience of having his paws touched a traumatic one for the future. These need to be reapplied at least every month, so this will be frequent. ~have paper towel handy. If too much glue is used, it will leak around the edges. Dab at this with paper towel before releasing the claw to prevent the nail gluing to the skin or fur of your cat. This may just be me, but my older sphynx girl drools HEAVILY upon application, so we have to dab her mouth the whole application time, or else wind up drenched in cat drool. ~Keep your cat on your lap with lots of pets and treats for a GOOD 5 minutes after application. If you don't do this, you'll likely have half of the nails pulled off the second you let the cat down. It also helps to have some play time afterwards, too. Just do enough to keep your cat distracted from licking his feet. And most importantly: ~Check your cats paws at LEAST once a week after application. Make it a habit to check your cat for scratches every week, and then look over the paws, too. If any seem to be growing close to the pad, trim them away ASAP. Checking kitty also lets you make sure there are no unusual or swollen scratches, as cysts are a common issue in cats. These claw caps are wonderful, but they're not MAGIC. They still require some work to get on, and maintain, but it's definitely cheaper than a new couch. If you are willing to put in a LITTLE extra work, these go a long way. I also love that colors can be customized! It lets me give my cats a little bit of personality without actually doing something as dumb as actually painting their nails :p