de-clawing makes the cats sad an in agony for weeks an weeks? here i list a video showing otherwise?

Question

in this video im playing with kittens de-clawed 3 days before this video was taken. does it seem they are in agony? i think not. they actually were much active even before the video was taken an they are happy an healthy to this day. so it does not take weeks or even days for a cat to recouperate. some people need to stop being so dramatic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLaj5yopuh8

Answer 1

No, declawing doesn't *always* cause cats to be in agony for weeks... some cats come through it just fine. However, there's a great *risk* that they will suffer from severe pain, enough to make them stop using the litterbox because their front feet are tender. Also, there is a *risk* that they'll turn into biters. Other complications don't show up until much later in life; *some* cats get re-growths even years after the declawing, and the declawing changes their posture so declawed cats are much more *at risk* from arthritis later on in life. These two things may still happen to your happy bunch of serval kitties! If they don't, you're lucky, but some examples of cats that don't suffer from complications does not prove complications don't exist. Some chain-smokers live to be 90 or older and never get cancer -do you take that as proof that all the studies about the risks of smoking are 'dramatic' and smoking is just fine?

The main thing about declawing is that it is unnecessary. I live in Europe, declawing is illegal here, and yet people here have lots of cats, lots of nice furniture, lots of babies... Even SoftPaws are rarely sold (I hadn't heard of them before posting on Yahoo Answers). Our furniture doesn't look like crap, our kids don't get scratched up... in fact I really don't personally know anyone who has a problem with their cat tearing everything up... if we can train our cats on this side of the pond, why is it that Americans don't seem to be able to? We don't have a different breed of cats overhere!

Answer 2

We have two de-clawed cats, and they are fine and dandy. One actually was de-clawed at the shelter we got him from as standard practice. The other was just something my mom had done to protect the furniture. I'll never forget Garfield running down the hallway in those neon-green booties.

It is unnatural and unnecessary, but not the worst thing in the world. if people would figure out how to train their cats where to sharpen their claws, no worries with the furniture. Better yet, trim the claws. But people need to shuttup about how horrid it is, because it isn't all that much different than piercing a three month old's ears *i'm against this, you know* and very few people think twice about that. Circumcision is another example of what parents do to their kids without a second thought. It's the same deal.

Answer 3

Declawing is for lazy ignorant people who don't know how to train a cat and don't understand cat behaviour.

Cats are adept at hiding pain because in the animal kingdom it's seen as a weakness.

When you have litter box problems and they grow up and gnaw your arm off, don't come here and ask for help.

Answer 4

I think you're missing the point slightly butt-munch.

Here is the point clearly: You don't perform surgical procedures on an animal unless it's for THEIR benefit.

Any procedure performed for your benefit makes you a selfish, immoral twerp. And cats benefit in no way from having their claws removed.

For my convenience, I would like your fingers surgically removed so you couldn't blight this website with your stupidity.

Chalice

Answer 5

Let me ask you this if you think declawing is so wonderful - would you like to have the tips of your fingers amputated so you don't have to clip your fingernails?

Declawing is hideous and barbaric. I once moved because my landlord wanted to me have my cats declawed. They *are* traumatized and it turns them into biters. Clipping claws is simple and if a person can't manage it, they should find someone to do it who can.

Answer 6

Beautiful Cats. What kind are they?? They look like Cheeta's.
It isnt a problem if they are indoor cats!
Its when they go outside and have to defend themselves or escape a dog attack...they no longer have their defense weapons and cant climb a tree to get out of reach.

NotBeingDramatic

Answer 7

I don't want my cat de-clawed, one because she is now a bit older and two because it just doesn't seem right. She may scratch up the couch a bit, but she is learning not to.

Answer 8

De-clawing is the equivalent of cutting your fingers off at the first knuckle. How happy would you be? But then, would you lay down a die?

Answer 9

I have 4 cats and I have never had to declaw them. I have never had a problem with them tearing up my furniture or scratching me. I think as long as you clip their nails and provide them with scratching posts I don't think you should have a problem. I think when you declaw your cat your taking away their defense mechanism.

Answer 10

I chose not to do it. Instead I taught the girls not to claw the furniture or their parents and directed them to several scratch pads and posts.