Our kitten is a spazz. Kind of funny that Caleb picked Spazz as his name because it’s 250% fitting let me tell you. This kitten bounces off the walls…literally! He runs & pounces at a wall (or door or whatever) and I laugh because he bounces off it and turns around and does it again. He’s afraid of his own shadow. You should see the hair on him stand up when he sees his shadow and the way he hisses at it. Then there are the times he just runs and runs from one end of the house to the next. But the biggest problem I have with him are the claws! My legs, arms, hands and face have been attacked on more than one occasion. My biggest concern is my legs. I’ve been putting Neosporin on them because I’m worried about the scratches becoming infected. There are so many of them I’m shocked every time I look at my legs.

My original plan was to get Spazz declawed but after reading some articles and blog posts about the procedure behind it I don’t know if I can do that to him. It’s definitely a bigger procedure than I thought and now after reading everything it seems mean to put a kitten/cat through that surgery.

I looked at the soft paws product that is out on the market but I’m not sure about those either because I’ve heard a couple people talk about bad experiences with that product.

I’m using the spray bottle to spray him when he claws, bites, etc but it certainly doesn’t seem to be helping. Is there any other way to discipline a kitten? Can you even train kittens to not do those things?