[Earl]

I would really appreciate your opinions on de-clawing a cat. Have you done it? do you know others who have? is it terribly painful? over all...

Is it humane to de-claw a cat?

Thanks.

[ewizabeth]

Originally Posted by Earl
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I would really appreciate your opinions on de-clawing a cat. Have you done it? do you know others who have? is it terribly painful? over all...

Is it humane to de-claw a cat?

Thanks.

Earl,

I've owned cats that were declawed in the past, and I would never, ever have any cat declawed now. I know it's painful for them. If you google images you'll see that the surgery is the equivalent of removing the first joint of each of our fingers.

We have a cat now that is not declawed. I give him plenty of allowed scratching surfaces (and he's a wild one...
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[ewizabeth]

The following is an excerpt from this link...
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Written by Veterinarian, Dr. Christianne Schelling


If you are considering declawing your cat, please read this. It will only take a moment, and it will give you valuable information to help you in your decision. First, you should know that declawing is pretty much an American thing, it's something people do for their own convenience without realizing what actually happens to their beloved cat. In England declawing is termed "inhumane" and "unnecessary mutilation." I agree. In many European countries it is illegal. I applaud their attitude......

[Chemar]

I would never under any circumstances have a cat declawed
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I understand and sympathize with special situations like Sandy has explained, but honest I still wouldnt do it
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I would try every other solution rather than declawing.

we had another controversial thread here about this too a while back....

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[Curious]

if it's toss up on having to take the cat to spca or declawing?

we had my grandmother's cat declawed. spent hundreds on every kind of spray and scratching and climbing things. hundreds on dr visits to get my grandmothers wounds from cat taken care of. ( she was in her 90's)

yep. had the cat declawed.

she was a sweet cat, but a year of "kneeding" people and scratching was enough. if she hadn't kearned in a year, she wasn't going to learn to stop.

i think it's a choice that most people don't take lightly and no one should make anyone feel bad for making that choice.

just inform yourself earl on both sides.
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[SandyC]

Originally Posted by Kitty
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Sandy, I totally understand your reasoning for having it done....and I'm glad you didn't give up the cat because of this. I think that option would have been worse than the declawing...and your cat seems to have adapted well. I hope you didn't take my comments as personally directed at you.....

Edited to add: Now that I write this I noticed that a couple of posts have gone away....
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so this one may not make much sense.........

I didn't. I just decided to delete my posts because this is too controversial for many and I just decided I didn't want to get involved with it. We did what we had to do and Rik is a well adjusted cat minus his claws.

[Kitty]

Originally Posted by SandyC
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I didn't. I just decided to delete my posts because this is too controversial for many and I just decided I didn't want to get involved with it. We did what we had to do and Rik is a well adjusted cat minus his claws.

I did the same thing.
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Bad Earl for
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[Chemar]

not sure why the need to delete posts
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we can all express our views without anyone feeling the need to have to hide their opinion
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yes, it is a controversial subject and yes, as I said in my post, I fully understand AND sympathize with special conditions that lead people to make the decision

my *personal* choice would be to never do it but that doesnt mean I condemn anyone who has

[Curious]

Originally Posted by Earl
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I would really appreciate your opinions on de-clawing a cat. Have you done it? do you know others who have? is it terribly painful? over all...

Is it humane to de-claw a cat?

Thanks.

earl, have you thought about a dog or hamsters?
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a bird? turtle?

we LOVE our hamsters.
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they love to be petted. follow me around in their balls. they don't have big or smelly poop.
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[Kitty]

Originally Posted by Curious
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they don't have big or smelly poop.
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This just struck me as hilarious!!
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