Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site aluxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!aluxp!aluxe!2141smh From: 2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: cat questions, i.e. fallacies Message-ID: <423@aluxe.UUCP> Date: Sat, 6-Oct-84 15:28:33 EDT Article-I.D.: aluxe.423 Posted: Sat Oct 6 15:28:33 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Oct-84 02:44:03 EDT References: <44@athena.UUCP> <47500006@convex.UUCP> <860@opus.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA Lines: 14 **** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh > In fact, cats use the front claws much more than the back in climbing... We had a male cat for 9 years with no front claws. He had no trouble climbing trees. Since he was declawed as a kitten, he had no idea they were missing. > This is true of cat-cat fights. It is NOT true of cat-dog fights... In 19 years, I have never had a cat hurt in a cat-dog fight. Cats are too smart to fight a dog if they can't win. However cat-cat fights are a real problem with male cats. Most of the wounds are caused by bites to the head which become abscessed.