I have just adopted an eight year old nutured Maine Coon. He is a wonderful cat! However when I got him I noticed he had a claw that had grown into his pad. I have never seen this before in a cat. It required vet treatment and antibiotics. Is this a problem that is unique to this bred? He is a full time house cat, and now has several scratching posts so I hope we can this problem, but any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

-- Anonymous, September 24, 2000

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I have 3 cats and one of them is a Maine Coon (Morris). I clipped their nails every week. They still climb up on the 2 poles that I have and think this is better than declawing the cat claws.

-- Anonymous, September 26, 2000