| Title: | Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected | 
| Notice: | purrrrr... | 
| Moderator: | JULIET::CORDES_JA | 
| Created: | Wed Nov 13 1991 | 
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 1079 | 
| Total number of notes: | 28858 | 
    Hi....
    
    I was wondering if anyone has or had this problem with their cats.
    Lately, I've been finding my cats claws around the house here and
    there.  I've never seen this.  And I was wondering if all cats loose
    their claws and grow them back.  These seem to be hollow.  Maybe
    something in her diet or I'm not feeding her right.  I feed her twice a
    day with dry cat food mixed with canned cat food.  She's a little
    overweight too!
    
    Any suggestions will be helpful.
    
    Thanks....Sharon
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| 332.1 | BUSY::MANDILE | Tue Jul 14 1992 06:28 | 3 | ||
|     Cats claws "shed" the outer shell....that's one of the reasons
    they sharpen their claws on stuff.  It peels off, looking like
    a duplicate claw.
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| 332.2 | JUPITR::KAGNO | Kitties with an Attitude | Tue Jul 14 1992 06:29 | 7 | |
|     Sharon, not to worry, this is perfectly normal.  Cats shed the outer
    layer of their claws, to make way for new growth.  I am constantly
    finding them around the base of the cat tree after an intensive clawing
    session!
    
    -Roberta
    
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| 332.3 | claw tales | OXNARD::KOLLING | Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca. | Tue Jul 14 1992 09:39 | 6 | 
|     When I took my living room (shag) carpet in to be washed, I found a
    gizillion little shed claws that had worked their way thru the carpet
    to the wooden floor underneath.  I'm accustomed to finding them around
    the house, but this was really bizarre.  I can't imagine how they
    worked their way thru the carpet.
    
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