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declawed and non-declawed?
I have a friend who is about to adopt a kitten I've been fostering,
but I've made one of my conditions that she agree NOT to get the kitten declawed. Her current cat is declawed (not by her) and she's worried about there being a defensive disparity between the two. I have one cat who is declawed and two who are not and have no problems. However, I wanted to hear from others with "mixed-claw" households to get other opinions. Does it matter or not? |
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in article , piggypot at
wrote on 7/9/03 5:43 PM: I have a friend who is about to adopt a kitten I've been fostering, but I've made one of my conditions that she agree NOT to get the kitten declawed. Her current cat is declawed (not by her) and she's worried about there being a defensive disparity between the two. I have one cat who is declawed and two who are not and have no problems. However, I wanted to hear from others with "mixed-claw" households to get other opinions. Does it matter or not? Never has with the ones we adopted that were declawed. Fur is very protective and they rarely use them (if ever) on each other anyway. Karen |
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I also have a mixed house. One of mine came to me declawed. Also, I do cat
rescue and have had declawed recues from time to time. No problems. Most of time cats hiss and growl, they don't actually fight once they are altered. The only time I have had claws come out was a rescued Bengal who came to me pregnant. After the kittens were born one of my guys slipped into the room they were in and she drove him away with fur flying. -- Joe http://www.jwpitt.com/cats.htm -- Joe http://www.jwpitt.com/cats.htm "piggypot" wrote in message om... I have a friend who is about to adopt a kitten I've been fostering, but I've made one of my conditions that she agree NOT to get the kitten declawed. Her current cat is declawed (not by her) and she's worried about there being a defensive disparity between the two. I have one cat who is declawed and two who are not and have no problems. However, I wanted to hear from others with "mixed-claw" households to get other opinions. Does it matter or not? |
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I also have a mixed house. One of mine came to me declawed. Also, I do cat
rescue and have had declawed recues from time to time. No problems. Most of time cats hiss and growl, they don't actually fight once they are altered. The only time I have had claws come out was a rescued Bengal who came to me pregnant. After the kittens were born one of my guys slipped into the room they were in and she drove him away with fur flying. -- Joe http://www.jwpitt.com/cats.htm -- Joe http://www.jwpitt.com/cats.htm "piggypot" wrote in message om... I have a friend who is about to adopt a kitten I've been fostering, but I've made one of my conditions that she agree NOT to get the kitten declawed. Her current cat is declawed (not by her) and she's worried about there being a defensive disparity between the two. I have one cat who is declawed and two who are not and have no problems. However, I wanted to hear from others with "mixed-claw" households to get other opinions. Does it matter or not? |
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"piggypot" wrote in message
om... I have one cat who is declawed and two who are not and have no problems. However, I wanted to hear from others with "mixed-claw" households to get other opinions. At work we have one declawed cat and one who has her claws. Harriet, the declawed cat, was adopted that way at the age of 1 1/2 years. Stinky (clawed) was adopted at the same time at the age of 3 months. Stinky terrified Harriet in the beginning and Harriet would avoid her or hide. After awhile, I guess when Harriet felt completely at home, she would retaliate whenever Stinky tried to start something. Now all Harriet has to do is glare at Stinky and she backs away. Stinky jumps on Harriet in a playful way only, but Harriet hates it and she will try to take a mouthful of Stinky with her if she gets the chance. In my case, it's the clawed cat we have to worry about! Liz |
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"piggypot" wrote in message
om... I have one cat who is declawed and two who are not and have no problems. However, I wanted to hear from others with "mixed-claw" households to get other opinions. At work we have one declawed cat and one who has her claws. Harriet, the declawed cat, was adopted that way at the age of 1 1/2 years. Stinky (clawed) was adopted at the same time at the age of 3 months. Stinky terrified Harriet in the beginning and Harriet would avoid her or hide. After awhile, I guess when Harriet felt completely at home, she would retaliate whenever Stinky tried to start something. Now all Harriet has to do is glare at Stinky and she backs away. Stinky jumps on Harriet in a playful way only, but Harriet hates it and she will try to take a mouthful of Stinky with her if she gets the chance. In my case, it's the clawed cat we have to worry about! Liz |
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"piggypot" wrote in message om... I have a friend who is about to adopt a kitten I've been fostering, but I've made one of my conditions that she agree NOT to get the kitten declawed. Her current cat is declawed (not by her) and she's worried about there being a defensive disparity between the two. I have one cat who is declawed and two who are not and have no problems. However, I wanted to hear from others with "mixed-claw" households to get other opinions. Does it matter or not? I've had no problems with declawed cats among my clawed. It will likely go better for your friend if she seeks some advice on how to properly introduce a new kitten into her current household. The less stress for both felines, the less likelihood that there will be any fighting. |
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"piggypot" wrote in message om... I have a friend who is about to adopt a kitten I've been fostering, but I've made one of my conditions that she agree NOT to get the kitten declawed. Her current cat is declawed (not by her) and she's worried about there being a defensive disparity between the two. I have one cat who is declawed and two who are not and have no problems. However, I wanted to hear from others with "mixed-claw" households to get other opinions. Does it matter or not? I've had no problems with declawed cats among my clawed. It will likely go better for your friend if she seeks some advice on how to properly introduce a new kitten into her current household. The less stress for both felines, the less likelihood that there will be any fighting. |
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Chase (declawed) and Paintball (clawed) don't seem to have any problems. I've
never seen her try to use her claws on him, and he's bigger than she is. Magdalene IWG #1024/Drill Sgt. of Local 35/Soiled Doves of Colorado IFoRP # 57/First Mate of "The Flying Scotsman" KC MasterPiece of the KCRF BBQ Wenches One of Moonie's Naughty Kittens Red Gemini Ghetto Smurf To email me, remove my bodice |
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