Indoor cats and declawing

With the risk of starting a war, I had not heard of declawing until
I came on this site, we do not do this, as far as I know, in the UK.
Also, we rarely keep our cats inside. It sounds barbaric to me, to pull
the claws out of a cat, it would be like having your
fingernails pulled out!

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With the risk of starting a war, I had not heard of declawing until
I came on this site, we do not do this, as far as I know, in the UK.
Also, we rarely keep our cats inside. It sounds barbaric to me, to pull
the claws out of a cat, it would be like having your
fingernails pulled out!

Having your fingernails pulled out tickles compared to declawing. A cat's
claw is not a nail as is a human fingernail, its part of the last bone
(distal phalanx) in the cat's toe. Declawing involves 10, separate
amputations of entire distal phalanx is the at the joint.

http://www.maxshouse.com/facts_about_declawing.htm

Then it is disgusting that this is allowed. Why are the vets allowed
to do this?

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Then it is disgusting that this is allowed. Why are the vets allowed
to do this?

Because pretentious politicians with their ostentatious furniture and
carpeting support declawing, and the vets that declaw support them.

On 2005-06-20, penned:
Then it is disgusting that this is allowed. Why are the vets
allowed to do this?

Too much money at stake. For some reason, a lot of people here think
declawing is okay. I suspect a lot of them have absolutely no idea
what they're doing to the cat.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
On 2005-06-20, penned:
Then it is disgusting that this is allowed. Why are the vets
allowed to do this?

Too much money at stake. For some reason, a lot of people here think
declawing is okay. I suspect a lot of them have absolutely no idea
what they're doing to the cat.

Then please let them read that link that Phil gave, nobody who had
an ounce of decency, would put their cat through that.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

On 20 Jun 2005 07:09:13 -0700, wrote:


Then please let them read that link that Phil gave, nobody who had
an ounce of decency, would put their cat through that.

There will still be people that justify it simply because their vet is
more than willing to do it. You know... if the vet says ok, it can't be
that bad.

L.

Agree. But we already know that there are many more people with zero
decency than those with some decency. It's a no-win situation. Just
leave it be. Concentrate your efforts on something else. As long as
cats are forced to stay indoors like most here advocate, declawing will
continue. You can say whatever you want, but there is a strong
correlation between keeping cats indoor and declawing.

wrote:

Then please let them read that link that Phil gave, nobody who had
an ounce of decency, would put their cat through that.

wrote:
Then it is disgusting that this is allowed. Why are the vets allowed
to do this?

Because they are greedy *******s who give in to emotional blackmail
from people who say they'll get rid of the cat if it isn't declawed.
Unfortunately, declawing does not save a cat his home. All a person
has to do is look at the cats at their local shelter to see how many
declawed cats are dumped by the owner once it exhibits declaw related
behaviors such as peeing outside the litterbox (due to pain in the
cat's paws), and biting and/or aggression.

Lauren

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With the risk of starting a war, I had not heard of declawing
until I came on this site, we do not do this, as far as I know,
in the UK. Also, we rarely keep our cats inside.

Hopefully you at least have them fixed and vaccinated.

It sounds barbaric to me, to pull the claws out of a cat, it
would be like having your fingernails pulled out!

More like having your fingers pulled off. I am not a bleeding
heart, my opinion comes from learning about the creatures. With
enough observation, you can see that cats use their claws like we
use our fingers. Cats need claws for many things.

.... hunting

.... self defense -- climbing

.... exercise -- climbing

.... play

They exercise their whole upper body with the help of their claws.

Also, clipping an aggressor's claws can help manage multiple cats.
If they don't have claws, they can still bite.

Good luck.