Stop declawing your cat's... That's so dam cruel, you can easily cut a little bit of their claws (they even like it) instead of taking them out, or just let them run; my cat was 9 years-old and only clipped his claws once, when he was a baby and the rest of the years he used them at the same speed that they grew.
Please stop declawing...
2007-11-17 07:25:25 · 12 answers · asked by bluntsteely 3 in Pets ➔ Cats
Well, vet's opinion aren't very accurate, since they do that for a living.
2007-11-17 07:31:53 · update #1
here is the website of a great alternative to declawing... placing caps on the claws of a cat. I can see the pros and cons to declawing, every situation is different. For the most part, if I owned a kitten, I would not have it declawed.
http://www.softpaws.com/
2007-11-17 08:12:11 · answer #1 · answered by lakotamalik09 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are other ways to prevent cats' crazy non-stop scratching. Trim the claws, buy a scratching post with some inserted catnip for an initial likeness to it, etc. Search the web, google it. You'll find a ton of alternatives. Try cats.about.com. They have a ton of info.
Lastly I must state however, that this site is still a Q&A website... Not just an "I want to state a random opinion" site.
2007-11-17 17:38:00 · answer #2 · answered by smarties142001 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if people are so concerned about their furniture then they shouldnt have a cat.
no they dont know that they dont have their claws anymore and if they ever got outside by accident their 1st instinct would be to use those front claws.....which their owner chose to have amputated.
if someone wants a declawed cat so badly then go adopt one that is already declawed from the animal shelter......there are plenty of them.
2007-11-17 15:35:50 · answer #3 · answered by erin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My cat is declawed and she is a very happy cat and when she got it done she had no problems and she was doing everything normally a few days later and she still does things that she did when she had her claws. I had her declawed at a very young age.
http://www.geocities.com/declawing/index.htm
2007-11-17 15:35:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My Mom had her kitty declawed- but it figured out how to open the door (!) and it got away and she never saw it again! Poor kitty was in the wild w/out claws. I 'm leaning towards 'don't declaw'.
2007-11-17 15:39:15 · answer #5 · answered by jt_eradicator 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I completely agree about declawing, but then my new kitty is destroying my new sofa with his "trimmed" nails. Yea, I know all the ways to stop him, but he is persistent.. If I didn't care for my housecat as much as I do, I could understand why a person would consider declawing.
TX Mom
2007-11-17 15:35:19 · answer #6 · answered by TX Mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would never declaw my cat. It's like cutting a human's knuckles off.
Sure, my furniture may be scratched up, but my cat is happy.
If you're furniture is too nice to get scratched up, don't get a cat.
2007-11-17 16:13:04 · answer #7 · answered by Cheez Doodle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to say...but some people think different than you. I'm a vet tech. and I got both my cats declawed. And they're doing fine and were fine when I got it done. I got them done when they were little kittens. They woke up from anesthetic and they didn't even know they didn't have their nails anymore.
You have to stop judging people that get their cats declawed. We're not bad people!!!
Even before I started working at the vet I'd get my cats declawed. It's not something we enjoy doing. But it's done.
2007-11-17 15:30:36 · answer #8 · answered by LitaG 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
i so agree with you! even if they don't understand because it gets done when they're young, doesn't mean it's right. there are so many more humane ways of protecting your furniture. any normal cat has a scratch, he just cocks his head and scratches. a declawed cat just has to suffer with the itchyness.
it's ALMOST like circumcision...just because it happens just after they're born doesn't mean it's right.
2007-11-17 15:34:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
My cat is not de-clawed, I just clip her nails. She does fine, she dosen't really like it but she tolerates it. I think thats MUCH better than de-clawing a cat. How would you like to have no fingernails? It would suck, not to mention thats one a cats main ways to protect itself (scratching, climbing....) Please don't de-claw. My father in law had his cat de-clawed and it almost bled to death when he brought it home. It's not fair to the poor cat. Anyway, I agree with you, no more de-clawing.
2007-11-17 15:59:59 · answer #10 · answered by Kristin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋