# "Do Cats have Poison Claws?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-have-poison-claws/97949>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [March 12, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-have-poison-claws/97949 "2002-03-12T23:45:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Cyclopatra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@Cyclopatra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyclopatra)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-have-poison-claws/97949/1 "2002-03-12T23:45:01Z")

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A comment for Jill on this answer - the person making the inquiry should consider that cats claws are also _filthy_. They use them, after all, for digging and filling in the holes that they er…do their business in…

Cyclopatra

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cats-have-poison-claws/97949/2 "2002-03-13T13:44:16Z")

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Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, Cyclopatra, good to have you here.

When commenting on a Staff Report, it’s helpful to others if you can provide the link to the report. In this case: [Straight Dope Staff Report: Do cats have poison claws?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcatpoison.html)

… helps keep everyone on the same page.

There’s also a prior discussion in this forum called [Cat claws and ringworm"](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=54071) that you might find interesting.

[Edited by CK Dexter Haven to fix link…]