Saturday, October 20, 2012

Why don't they climb, pets I mean?


“Dear Cocoa,

While I am not a worrisome feline, I am, on occasion, confused by the world around me.  For instance:  Why do human pets use those funny stepping things to reach high places?  Don’t they know how to actually climb?  I checked out their claws, and I must admit they are wide and clumsy looking, but they do have them, so what is the deal?

Signed Pets Using no Claws”

“Dear Pets Using no Claws,

Sometimes pets are very difficult to understand, and sometimes there is just no answer for the things they do.  However, I do actually know why they don’t use their claws to climb.  You see many many years ago a pet discovered that if she trimmed and decorated her claws, others noticed and admired them; by the same token the male of the species didn’t want people ohing and ahing over his claws so he cut them.  The tradition continued, though why I don’t know; but the pets are still following that tradition.  Some cut them, some bite them, some decorate them, and some just plain leave them alone; however, because of the tradition, their claws are no longer strong enough for them to use them for climbing.  I hope this helps,

Signed Cocoa”

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