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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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wrote in message ups.com... 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 |
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Then it is disgusting that this is allowed. Why are the vets allowed
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John Doe wrote: wrote: 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. But of course! Vaccinated yearly and fixed only once!! 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. |
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wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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I too had never heard of it in the UK. Although the scratched
furniture is a pain, if you get a cat you should expect it and of course there are things you can do to minimise it. Mine goes out in the garden for a sunbathe and a little wander, doesn't climb over the fences (he was an indoor cat til he was 14 and I moved to a house) - then comes back in for a scratch and a pee! I think it's obscene some of the things people do to animals for their own amusement/convenience. |
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