To or Not to

The family Cat loves her claws. The question is ; Is it better to
de-claw or just use scratch prevention sprays?
Your friend from......Shop till you drop honey.com

"see me" wrote in message
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The family Cat loves her claws. The question is ; Is it better to
de-claw or just use scratch prevention sprays?
Your friend from......Shop till you drop honey.com

DO NOT DE-CLAW. The procedure is actually amputating part of a cat's foot
and leaves the cat defenseless and unable to grip anything in an emergency.
You need to work with your cat to prevent inappropriate clawing. It's going
to take time and patience.

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The family Cat loves her claws. The question is ; Is it better to
de-claw or just use scratch prevention sprays?

You can do this to your cat:
http://community-2.webtv.net/stopdeclaw/declawpics/

Or use your brain.

When it comes to cats, it's not rocket science when it comes to training
them to scratch in appropriate places.

On 4 Oct 2006 19:15:12 -0700, "see me" wrote:

The family Cat loves her claws. The question is ; Is it better to
de-claw or just use scratch prevention sprays?
Your friend from......Shop till you drop honey.com

Declawing is cruel. None of my cats has caused any damage to
furniture, including leather. They do occasionally cause damage to
people but it's inadvertent during play.

There are many ways to train cats to scratch in appropriate places,
the first of which is to get them scratching posts and put catnip on
them.

Declawing is extremely painful for the cat, and it is inhumane.

www.stopdeclaw.com

I have lived with cats for most of my life, had none of them declawed, and
had/have no problems with any of them. Provide them with a sturdy scratching
post, one long enough for them to stretch up on and scratch. There are
kinder, humane ways to keep kitty from scratching unwanted areas. You can
find a lot of information on such methods by doing a search on the internet.


see me wrote:
The family Cat loves her claws. The question is ; Is it better to
de-claw or just use scratch prevention sprays?
Your friend from......Shop till you drop honey.com

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Do not "declaw." It is inhumane and unnecessary.

ep

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The family Cat loves her claws. The question is ; Is it better to
de-claw or just use scratch prevention sprays?
Your friend from......Shop till you drop honey.com

Declawing is a surgical procedure like any other, it is not a cruel
action.
Lina

On Oct 6, 1:50 pm, "Edna Pearl"
wrote:
Do not "declaw." It is inhumane and unnecessary.

ep

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The family Cat loves her claws. The question is ; Is it better to
de-claw or just use scratch prevention sprays?
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on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:03:52 GMT, "Lina" wrote:

Declawing is a surgical procedure like any other, it is not a cruel
action.
Lina

says the person who has no doubt had her cat's joints removed.

Declawing is definitely a surgical procedure. An ELECTIVE surgical
procedure for the convenience of the cat owner. Declawing can and
frequently does result in cats with behavioral (emotional) problems. And
is that any surprise?? It is *definitely* cruel. It's even illegal in
many countries.

- Lynne

Lina wrote:
Declawing is a surgical procedure like any other, it is not a cruel
action.
Lina

Dr. Josef Mengele did many "surgical procedures"
in the concentrations camps, too.

--tension

"Lynne" wrote in message
m...
Declawing is definitely a surgical procedure. An ELECTIVE surgical
procedure for the convenience of the cat owner. Declawing can and
frequently does result in cats with behavioral (emotional) problems. And
is that any surprise?? It is *definitely* cruel. It's even illegal in
many countries.

Exactimundo.

I don't see how anybody who has ever SEEN a cat after a claw amputation can
do that to an animal.

But heck, some people routinely cut the ears of puppies of various breeds
into groovy shapes (have you ever SEEN the pathetic little things with the
sticks and stitches in their ears and the yellow goo and the bandages?), so
I guess I shouldn't be surprised by animal cruelty in the guise of human
vanity.

ep