# strength of kitten's claws/bite

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 26, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strength-of-kittens-claws-bite/645173 "2012-12-26T10:17:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strength-of-kittens-claws-bite/645173/21 "2012-12-28T16:45:02Z")

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Hm. I always used to just tire our kitties out with “towel rassling”. I’d wrap a dish towel around my hand and wrestle the bejeezus out of the little buggers. They could bite and scratch all they wanted; kitten claws and teeth are too little to make it through a small towel. Anyway, I’d wrestle with them until they got the “need to rassle” out of their system, after which they were tired and pettable.

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