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You CAN declaw with Love
She is a year old. She started I'm sure before my fiance (now husband) got
her. She didn't scratch the carpet or the furniture. Only people. It's difficult for me to assume that she is a bad kitty. She is always so good otherwise. Since the only other problem we ever had with her is that she saw my sister's kitten once and seemed incredibly jealous about it, hissed and growled at us for hours after the other kitten was gone, we won't be getting another cat until she is gone, so we won't have to face the declaw issue again for a long time, if ever. I'm a bird person and my Crystal is better behaved than Kitty. Jolene "*~*SooZy*~*" wrote in message ... "Jolene Yates" wrote in message ... Thank you....finally someone who agrees that declawing is not as horrible as some of these people exagerate it to be. I understand what the surgery entails, but one also must understand that while you can train a cat not to scratch carpet or furniture, I have yet to find a way to make the cat stop tearing my hands, arms, ankles and feet to shreds. The scratches alone wouldn't be so bad, but I am mildly allergic to cats and have low blood pressure along with other problems that cause me to take a long time to heal. When she would scratch me it would take hours for me to stop bleeding, days to get the swelling to stop and weeks for me to heal. I can already hear many people yelling, then you shouldn't have ever gotten a cat. This is true, but it's a little difficult to tell your fiance that he has to choose between his cat and his fiance. So I just take my meds that I have to take anyway to combat the rest of my allergies and love both of them. We had Kitty spayed and declawed last Thursday, brought her home Saturday and she has been wonderful. Shee doesn't have any trouble walking and doesn't fuss at all about her paws. Jolene My cat never scratches anyone, she did in play as a kitten! and my kitten does in play too, but because I clip there nails they do not tear the skin.... he bites at the moment too! I understand it would be very bad for you to be scratched! sounds like a naughty cat to me! or is it still a kitten? declawing is banned in the UK anyway! but I have read so many horrible things about declawing I just wouldn't want it done on my cats, they use their scratch posts they have 6 in the house..... I spray the posts with catnip to encourage them, the furniture, wallpaper have never been used I am glad to say. I am glad your cat seems ok at the moment and hope she has no problems in the future :-) -- Luv 'n stuff *~*SooZy*~* http://community.webshots.com/user/ragdollcatsuk |
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I declawed my cats - all four paws. They're normal as before I
declawed them. At first, I was brainwashed by all those Cat Nazis and didn't declaw them until I visited my friend who's cat has been declawed all four paws and it was so sweet and gentle. Mt cat has claws and she is so sweet and gentle too! but also able to climb cat trees indoors, and if she did get out at least she has some form of defence! but so many things can go wrong with declawing :-( so glad its banned in the UK |
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Hello Everyone,
#1 My views are based directly on real life experience one of my cats was declawed without my consent while being boarded at a Vets. I saw what it did to that cat. I saw the personality change and I still carry scares from his resulting personality change some 20 years ago. #2 The research I have done since then, around 20 years of it, has all been correlated and helped established my point of view on the subject. #3 Declaw is a controversial subject that basically breaks down into two opposing groups. Those that owe Cats and those who love Cats. Both sides holding firm to their point of view. The major point of difference being ownership versus love. Most owners think of a cat as their property. Which in their point of view gives them complete rights over the welfare of the cat. They feel perfectly justified to put there personal wants above those of the cats Most cat lovers on the other hand consider a cat to be a sentient being and treat them as such rather than property. They feel the cats well being far out weighs any inconvenience the cat may or may not cause. These are two fundamentally different an opposing view point that will never meet. The only hope you have of changing someone's point of view on this is by education. Declawing has been banned in over 20 countries and the city of West Hollywood, CA. Many declawed cats end up in shelters. Cats walk on their toes. List of links Why Cats Need Claws, from The Whole Cat Journal http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm CFA Health Committee - Declawing http://www.cfainc.org/health/declawing.html Declaw Information Site Index http://www.gcty.com/~luvcatz/declaw-index.html The Paw Project - entry page http://www.pawproject.com/ CatFancy Take declaw survey - http://catfancy.com/catfancy/catcensus.asp Regards, http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/feralfelines/ |
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"NEMESIS1IM" wrote in message
... Hello Everyone, #1 My views are based directly on real life experience one of my cats was declawed without my consent while being boarded at a Vets. I saw what it did to that cat. I saw the personality change and I still carry scares from his resulting personality change some 20 years ago. #2 The research I have done since then, around 20 years of it, has all been correlated and helped established my point of view on the subject. #3 Declaw is a controversial subject that basically breaks down into two opposing groups. Those that owe Cats and those who love Cats. Both sides holding firm to their point of view. The major point of difference being ownership versus love. Most owners think of a cat as their property. Which in their point of view gives them complete rights over the welfare of the cat. They feel perfectly justified to put there personal wants above those of the cats Most cat lovers on the other hand consider a cat to be a sentient being and treat them as such rather than property. They feel the cats well being far out weighs any inconvenience the cat may or may not cause. These are two fundamentally different an opposing view point that will never meet. The only hope you have of changing someone's point of view on this is by education. Declawing has been banned in over 20 countries and the city of West Hollywood, CA. Many declawed cats end up in shelters. Cats walk on their toes. List of links Why Cats Need Claws, from The Whole Cat Journal http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm CFA Health Committee - Declawing http://www.cfainc.org/health/declawing.html Declaw Information Site Index http://www.gcty.com/~luvcatz/declaw-index.html The Paw Project - entry page http://www.pawproject.com/ CatFancy Take declaw survey - http://catfancy.com/catfancy/catcensus.asp Regards, http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/feralfelines/ Some humans mistakenly believe that we are like babies/children, they forget we are cats! we were given claws for a reason! if you hear the words declawing! rehome yourself. those so called animal lovers, think more of their furniture and carpets than our needs! they forget we could escape one day and come face to face with the local moggie who will rip our eyes out! we just have to hope we can run fast! but being we have had no practice being indoor cats, you can guess we will look a mess! Glad I don't have to pay my own vet bills!!!!! glad I still have claws! |
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Gosh if we bite you, you're be pulling our teeth out next!
let rip humans finger nails off one by one, they don't need them -- Cats need to train humans |
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Holy crap, they declawed your cat w/o asking you? I would have sued the
sh*t out of them. LeeAnne "NEMESIS1IM" wrote in message ... Hello Everyone, #1 My views are based directly on real life experience one of my cats was declawed without my consent while being boarded at a Vets. I saw what it did to that cat. I saw the personality change and I still carry scares from his resulting personality change some 20 years ago. |
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In article , "LeeAnne" wrote:
Holy crap, they declawed your cat w/o asking you? I would have sued the sh*t out of them. I was thinking the same thing, I think today I would be the proud owner of the vet clinc and have my own personal vet at my call. LeeAnne "NEMESIS1IM" wrote in message ... Hello Everyone, #1 My views are based directly on real life experience one of my cats was declawed without my consent while being boarded at a Vets. I saw what it did to that cat. I saw the personality change and I still carry scares from his resulting personality change some 20 years ago. |
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AWriteny howled at the moon, then scrawled thusly upon the aether:
says one of my cats was declawed without my consent while being boarded at a Vets. I say, that's malpractice. No vet (in the USA, anyway) has the right to conduct any surgery without the owners consent! .... With the exception of surgery to save the animal's life, and then only if the owner is unknown or cannot be contacted. I'd sue for malpractice, if only to save other kitties and their people from similar suffering and distress. Maeve -- throw the baby out with the bathwater to reply by e-mail ~*~ http://volatiledreams.deep-ice.com ~*~ 666-A -- The Tenant of the Beast. |
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