I thinking about adopting a pet.
2007-02-04 12:27:02 · 13 answers · asked by averyjea 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
A cat MIGHT bite more, when declawed only because its one means of defensive is gone. Cats generally bite in diffrent ways for diffrent reasons. A cat that is declawed and fustrated can turn to nipping more out of fustration but not all out biting attacks. Cats, on average use there teeth and claws in diffrent ways. Claws are designed for slashing and snagging prey. They are also there for escape and balance in climbing and running. Generally in a cat fight, the BACK claws are used for defense, hence the reason the offensive cat is on his back with claws out and the defensive attacker is on his feet with his front claws ready. The back claws tend to be thicker and have the power of the hind legs behind the thrust that is aimed at trying to de-bowel or injure the soft, vunerable underpart of the other cat or attacker.
When you deprive them of these front claws, you mainly taking away there climbing, catching, and swatting tools. Cats in the wild are generally solitary creatures, but when they come together for matting or are a pride cat they will use diffrent biting as a communication tool.
So generally, it depends on the individual cat, and the way they handle a situation. Generally de-clawing DOES NOT cause it, its the fustration of not having the claws can cause a particular cat to become more aggressive. Though its not common.
When your looking at a cat, and you find one that is de-clawed just spend alot of time with it. Pet the tummy, Pet the back, Scratch at the base of the tail and behind the neck. If the cat is prone to biting you will tell right away which ones will tolerate your pets and how long. Dont adopt if its overly nippy. If you get a cat with its claws. I do not recommend de-clawing. Its a barbaric and painful proceedure that is depriving a cat his natural weapons. Some experts akin it to a human getting there finger tips to the first knuckle joint cut off. Please dont declaw cats.
2007-02-04 12:52:13 · answer #1 · answered by I luv Pets 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I would like to congratulate you for considering adopting a cat. There are far too many cats who are in need of a good home.
As for the propensity of declawed cats to bite, I can tell you that my little girl, Sarah, was declawed fifteen years ago, when she was eight months old, due to the fact that her paws had become infected after she was abandoned in the wild by her mother.
In the fifteen years she's lived with me, she's only really bitten me twice, and I deserved it both times. The one time she bit me I was attempting to wash paint off her with turpentine after she knocked a can off the shelf and landed on the ground at the same time as it did and the vet recommended that I use this technique, and the other time resulted after I accidentally kneeled on her tail at night.
She does give me "love nibbles" regularly as I play with her, but these never pierce the skin and are distinctively different then an actual "bite".
2007-02-04 22:11:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the cat but alot of them will because they cannot defend themselves with their claws so they bite.
The problem with declawing is that is very painful and traumatizing. They also develop arthritis which will need meds to help alleviate their pain for the rest of their lives.
Some will also have personality changes and become timid and not as playful. Each cat is different and each one will display different changes once it is done.
But the biggest problem is they cannot defend themselves and could die of a result. Why take a chance?
2007-02-04 22:20:26 · answer #3 · answered by kathyk214 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they don't bite a lot. We adopted 3 declawed cats that are wonderful and have never bit us. I have heard a lot of lies about people saying declawed cats are more aggressive. They aren't.
2007-02-04 20:44:13 · answer #4 · answered by Mary 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I doubt that very much! My cat Mia has been declawed and in all the time I've had her I have only seen her hiss once and that was the other day at a little girl who would not leave her alone. But even then Mia stayed put and didn't even run and hide.
2007-02-04 20:46:56 · answer #5 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'd bite you too, if you cut the first joint of all of my fingers off. That's what the declawing procedure amounts to. It affects the cat's balance as well. I understand that if affects them mentally also. If you are worried about the cat clawing the furniture, etc...buy a water pistol and shoot him with it every time he starts to claw. We also blew up balloons and stuck them to our new furniture, sprayed the repellant all over the balloons, too. You can get double sided sticky tape and put it on all the corners of the furniture. The cats hate that stuff.
The big thing is to give them stuff they are allowed to scratch and claw...mine loved those cardboard scratching things that you could dump catnip all over.
2007-02-04 22:00:49 · answer #6 · answered by Jo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've had several cats over the years, all declawed and never had one bite.
2007-02-04 21:31:16 · answer #7 · answered by Classy Granny 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No more than other cats. If it is not already declawed, please do not have it declawed. It is a very painful procedure. The vet actually cuts off the last joint of the cat's toe.
2007-02-04 20:30:20 · answer #8 · answered by AK 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
actually no they don't they bite less because they don't have a reason to bite pretty much when they have claws they think they need to bite also so no they're better without claws i have a declawed cat!!!
2007-02-04 20:31:21 · answer #9 · answered by Brenna C 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No thats a myth really. They do nip at you if your aggitating it because it cant scare you with its claws or if you try to grab something from it, it may go to but they dont bite you if you pet it or anything. Depends on the breed as well and the aggression level of that breed
2007-02-04 20:44:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋