Cats and leggings

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I want to wear leggings, or maybe sometimes very thick tights.

I have a gorgeous cat who I love to bits and she loves me too and likes to sit on my lap.

Every pair of anything that I own now has a hole or two in the thigh from her great big loving talons with which she lovingly stabs me when she's enjoying sitting in my lap.

Is there any known cure for this situation? Obviously only cures which involve the cat still sitting on my lap are acceptable

Cat mittens? Kevlar leggings?

Anti-run tights aren't going to be up to it, are they?

Although they do exist....

I too got very excited by the idea of leggings fir cats!

Although convincing the cat to wear them might be a challenge

You need a lap blanket to put under the cat.

I've tried keeping a towel on the back of the chair, but I can't figure out how to grab it and get it under the cat at any point between her eyeing me up and her settling with her claws in my legs.

If I put it on too early she runs away and I end up sitting there all lonely with a towel on me for no reason.

What works best is DP sitting on the sofa next to me in jeans, trying not to cry while cat stabs his legs through his jeans and cat has a nice stroke from me.

DP not so keen on this solution though (although he just puts up with it and strokes the cat because she is the cat and so allowed to do whatever she likes).

When I first got her I seriously considered getting a baby sling to carry her around the house. Are there any sling designs that might work for cats?

Is it true that you can stop a run in tights by blobbing nail varnish on the hole? How long will the repair hold for?

We keep fleece throws on the sofa and always have them drapped over us, cats love them

no idea about the tights and leggings but a large square scarf, knotted at the poiinty ends, and slung over one shoulder and under the other arm works really well as a cat sling...hold the point near to your body and the cat can recline graciously in the dip

my first cat was so horrified at being on his own when I worked full time he would spend ages telling me off and getting under my feet when i got home, the cat sling arrangement meant he could managed to express his disapproval by scowling at me while i begged his forgiveness (hands free) and got on with making supper.

People actually carry their cats in slings? I love hearing about super spoiled cats . Just don't tell Boycat or he will want one!

Why not try regular claw trimming?

Norbert wtaf did I just see?

here you go Eminybob , it seems that there's more than one!

Yeah I probably should trim her claws but every discussion I've ever had with her about it has cost me a couple of small lumps of flesh and very nearly an eye or two. They are too long, she gets stuck to the sofa sometimes.

When I first got her she was really clingy and it was difficult to get anything done, which was why I was thinking of a cat sling. She's much more secure now and can be shut out of the kitchen if I really need to, but I just know how much she would love it still and she'd not trip me up so much if I could just tie her around my middle somehow.

Maybe I could use a cat sling to hold her off my legs while I sit at the computer?

Oh dear. My cat totally would sit still long enough for me to take a tights photo like that. I'm going to have to do it.

Why not get it done the first time at the vet - it's not expensive there and one of the vet nurses might even well do it for free (or very cheaply) while she's there for something else.

When is she due to go next for shots/a check up?

Learning to nip off the tips of claws isn't that difficult by the way. You're best waiting until she's sleepy - and in the interim, why not try to accustom her to the sensations by playing a bit with her paws, stretching between toes etc?

She is due a check up pretty soon so I'll mention it to them and see what they say. She's deeply trusting and lets me stroke her belly and squish her paws and do anything at all to her really when playing, but is also super sensitive to the fact that I'm Up To Something if I ever have any ulterior motive, so we've rarely got past the thinking about it stage. And of course I get a bit nervous thinking about it because of all the little lumps of flesh I've lost at each previous attempt. Will ask the vet, cheers.

Best of luck, then.

Just on the by. I taught Seniorboy to have his claws cut and he came to me in later life and a claw cutting phobic - so it can be done. I've always tried not to 'mix love with business' so when it comes to claw cutting I use no love words or strokes, just put him on my lap, wheech him gently over on his butt so that he's sitting back against me and quickly nip off the tips with a nipping tool which is ready to hand, taking care to avoid the pink quick.

That way, there's no confusion about coming on to my lap for cuddles. It works.

Ah ok, I've always tried to confuse it with cuddles as much as possible, that's a really useful change of tack suggestion, thanks!

May give it a go later if I can get up the courage, perhaps trying to get one claw done without fuss rather than holding out to get all of them done which is probably unrealistic.

I don't currently have any large cat scratches as the last (entirely accidental) ones have healed, so it's about time I got some more.

Our cat's claws almost need a chainsaw to cut them. The vet at the back of us, who's allergic to hay, horses and cats, loves our cat as her coat doesn't affect him, does if for free. She's a 19-year old Maine Coon and she is incredibly fast with tooth and claw if she objects to anything.

Even worse, when she hisses her 'fragrant' breath nearly kills.