But our pets love wearing them!
BECAUSE her last cat was run over, Hilary Leighter has decided to keep twoyear-old Bertie indoors.
She fitted Soft Claws to the British short hair to stop him scratching.
‘He was destroying everything in the house and I was in despair,’ said Miss Leighter, 60, from Ruislip, West London. ‘I didn’t do it as a fashion thing, but an “I don’t want the cat to destroy the house thing”. He’s quite happy when we put them on, if he didn’t like them, he’d resist.’
Julie Azharian, 4 , has used Soft Claws on her British blue Charlie, seven, since he was ten months old.
She said: ‘He used to hurt himself when he tried to clean his face. I have quite expensive furniture and whenwewerewhen we were playing he could scratch you.’
Miss Azharian, who lives in Chelsea, West London with her sister Sarah, , said she didn’t believe Soft Paws were cruel.
‘He loves it, I totally love it. My cat can withdraw his claws back, he can jump easily, he can climb easily, he doesn’t display any signs of discomfort.’