We got a new catalog from Drs. Foster & Smith the other day, and, although the usual crazy cat products (well-documented by Dodai and Tracie last December) were on hand, there was a new item that we found totally amusing (and potentially abusive): A kitty straitjacket meant to restrain felines while they get their claws clipped. (It doubles as a "pet carrier"!). Click on the tag for a larger image.
Today In Catalogs
2:40 PM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Anna
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Oh, I NEED one of those.
Right, that's a new trick to make my cat behave.
Like the cat can't bite you anyway? Whatever.
If they maik wun for BIG stubbern puppehs, I can haz?
There is no way a cat would let you put it in that thing. I'm pretty sure even the one in the picture is stuffed or something.
My boyfriend is in charge of kitty nail-clipping. He is the Cat Whisperer. If I try, Oliver thrashes around and tries to bite me, but he will lay on his back with paws up for the BF, like it's his spa day or something.
Oh sure, so the cat can only claw the shit out of you while you are trying to put him IN the bag. After that you can clip his nails easily. If you haven't bled to death, of course.
Yea.... And then kitty comes to kill me in the night.
That would not work.
@KittenFluff: My boyfriend does it too. I lack the patience.
HAHHA my mom needs one for her chihuahua. Cutting his nails is like, the biggest deal in the world. It's frightening.
That cat: "Can you believe this shit?"
look at the cat's eyes. He wants to cut a bitch.
my cat would triumph over such a puny "prison". she scoffs at you Drs. Foster & Smith! SCOFFS!
I love how cats can look so annoyed, peeved, and long-suffering, like the one in the picture. Put a dog in there and he be all "wah, boo-hoo, please please pretty please let me out!" Cat's just, "Ugh. Dummy."
I'd get more injured trying to get my girl into that than I would trying to clip her claws.
I know this is mean, but I kind of want to get one and see what would happen if I left the cat in there for an extended period of time. I have no need for one...our cats love getting their nails cut - there's all kinds of purring and cheek rubbing going on. Weirdos.
Why, why, why the unnecessary "k"s? Has the Kardashian mother started working for this catalog?
@LucyRed: I can haz wun too? I got Advantix all over the place the other day cause he squirms like mad.
Y'all, it's like a Kittah Egg Roll. Dip it in sauce and enjoy. Related: Snap at cats or puppahs with chopsticks, it's totally annoys them.
My cats like to play around in bags, but I'm not sure how they'd handle being put into a zip-up "purrito" contraption.
This will only end in blood and tears and my cat pushing down on my neck as I sleep.
I actually get this catalog. I have no idea why; I think my mom probably signed me up for it.
Anyway, I totally want one of those. Though right now the man cuts their claws because I can't restrain them.
They obviously drugged that cat up to get it into the bag.
Also, "Klaw Kontrol"? Come on people, why does that have to happen? It would have been fine as Claw Control.
@LucyRed: Seriously. I need one for my doggie. She acts like I'm trying to cut her feet off when I try to clip her nails. And makes the most horrible sounds.
@CandyColoredFrown: It's katalog.
If your cat is 25 pounds, maybe his nails aren't your biggest problem.
This is far and away not as bad as the press release I got today for this: [kittywigs.com]
@CandyColoredFrown: What's your problem, KandyKoloredFrown?!? :)
@BAngieB: Nom nom eggroll kitteh.
@Busted Weave: :jaw drops:
Purrito...yummy!
Riiiiiight, like my fat ass cat could fit in that anyway!
If, by some miracle, I managed to get my 23 pound cat (I am totally Cartman's mom when it comes to my cat) into this thing, he would poop in it, bite me, and squirm off the couch and under the bed in 10 seconds flat.
And then he would dial 911 on my cell phone with his free paw.
@Busted Weave: OMG, I love those. Hilarious. I think that started as a small enterprise on Etsy or something like that.
@CandyColoredFrown: It's kind of like adding a 'z' to the end of a word, it makes it kooler, can't you tell?
@hatepaperdoll: Jesus, that's a chunky monkey!!
Have you tried this device called a "towel"? You wrap your cat up like a burrito and that sucker ain't going nowhere.
@Leiakat: What's that noise? Fluffy, is that you? Fluffy, waht are you doing in here... why do have that knife!?!?!?
How can you actually tell when your cat is crazy enough for a straitjacket?
No kittie burritos.
To heck with cats... they need to make this for toddlers!
@hortense: one of our cats, Jefferson (named after thomas jefferson) is 22 and a half pounds.
so fucking funny watching him run down stairs.
Yeah, definitely do not need Kissyboots to ninja slice me in self-defense as I try to wrangle her into the jacket.
@hatepaperdoll: I think you and commenter "I will not stop feeding my fat baby" need to have a chat.
@Busted Weave: Those remind me of Tarina Tarantino's Pink Head Hello Kitty jewelry. Which I love, but do not want my cat to emulate.
@Busted Weave: Not only would I lose some body parts, but my cat would run away and my fiancee would leave me.
@Busted Weave: Oh holy shit, my cats would kill me if I *attempted* be-wig them. Except for Henry. He's a little...limited. He might actually like a wig.
@Busted Weave: Holy crap! Why do cats need wigs? Also, the "silver fox" does not make that cat look a THING like Anderson Cooper.
Let me point you guys to the most hilarious site on the internet (to me, anyway, because I have a totally goofy sense of humor).
[www.spatch.net]
@SarahMC: Or perhaps a kat-alog?
(Sometimes I can't help myself.)
That's a great invention but if your cat is not having the nail clipping, how on earth can you expect to actually get it into that klaw kontrol bag?
@westvillagegirl: purritos!
Y'all, Jezebel has been making me laugh way too hard today, and this plus Busted Weave's cat wigs are TOO MUCH.
It's possible if my cat ever made it into a straight jacket she would commit suicide promptly after her release.
@Archetype: @stacyinbean: You guys, he's just big boned!
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