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Edna Pearl wrote: 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. Do you remember (rhetorically speaking) the days when they used to crop the tails off of carriage horses? For fashion?! --tension |
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Lina wrote: Declawing is a surgical procedure like any other, it is not a cruel action. I used to think declawing was ok too. Then I became a vet tech and saw first-hand how cats suffer from the procedure, and how horrible the long-term affects can be. It's extremely cruel. Cats are digitrade - they walk on the tips of their toes. When the cat is declawed the entire last bone of the paw is amputated - not just the claw. This causes the cat's weight to be shifted to the pad of the foot which is complete unnatural for the cat. It puts stress on the forelegs, shoulders and spine, which usually causes arthritis in old age. Plus as many as 50% of cats declawed have complications after the procedure, and almost 20% have long-term complications. Never, ever declaw a cat unless the claw is injured and won't heal properly or is diseased. http://www.stopdeclaw.com -L. |
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Lina wrote: Declawing is a surgical procedure like any other, it is not a cruel action. Lina This is from Megan's website http://www.stopdeclaw.com. It's a description of the procedure and the aftermath the next day. I could have written this, as I witnessed it over 100 times. While we didn't use surgical glue (we sutured the toes) nothing is more gruesome than a cat that has degloved its bandages after a declaw surgery. There is blood *everywhere*, and you can smell it when you walk in the door. The cat writhes in pain. It's horrible. **paste** "It's show time. I hold up one of Fluffy's feet and the doc begins: The procedure is sort of a half pull, half cut kinda thing. The nail clippers are doing their best to saw through the joint while the hemostats are ripping it away. And please make no mistake here, this isn't a nail trim. A cat's first joint, just like on your finger, is being ripped out. Fluffy utters a half growl/meow of pain as the joint tears away, even after all this medicine. The pain must be excruciating; it is certainly a gruesome spectacle to watch. Doc fills the gaping socket where Fluffy's toe used to be with some special glue and squeezes it together for a few seconds. We move on to the next toe until we're done. Now we bandage and when we're done Fluffy looks as though he's wearing little mittens...aww. I come in the next morning and reach for the doorknob to the recovery room. "Crap!" I think, because the smell hits my brain before I even open the door to see. Blood has a very specific odor, you see, and after a while you have the ability to recognize many things: parvo, cancer, bloody declaw cats that don't seem to like their mittens- all by their respective smells. Sure enough, Fluffy got a head start on removing his bandages so I begin my day scrubbing his blood off the walls, the door, the floor, and his cage. I clean the blood off Fluffy's fur the best I can and begin to take off his bandages. I try so hard to be gentle but I know I still hurt. I have to cut down the bandage until I'm right beside Fluffy's purple swollen toes and he cries. I examine each hole where Fluffy used to have claws and make sure they are all still sealed. They never are, of course. There is invariably at least one or two that must be reglued, so I sigh and get my glue. Then I drop some goo into Fluffy's socket and squeeze his tender and bruised deformed little toes together for several seconds. This hurts. A lot. And I feel like the scum of the earth. I clean the last bit of blood from Fluffy's feet as best I can without hurting too bad and hope that Fluffy will finish the job himself before you come. You rush in on your lunch hour and I bring out Fluffy and remind you that Fluffy's feet are going to be very sore for a while. You already knew that.....bye Fluffy. Three months later you bring Fluffy in to update his shots. You ask me why Fluffy doesn't seem like the cat he used to be anymore. He never wants to play or do much of anything. And he has turned into a biter! You don't understand, you tell me. Why isn't Fluffy the same? I don't know why. " I know why - because Fluffy's life has been changed forever. He used to be happy, trusting and whole. He is now a ghost of the cat he once was. -L. |
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"Lina" wrote in message ups.com... Declawing is a surgical procedure like any other, it is not a cruel action. Lina You all can deal with this one I am tired of the ignorance about declawing and the ignorance of the people that support it Specially with someone who has never posted here before |
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"Lina" wrote in message
ups.com... Declawing is a surgical procedure like any other, it is not a cruel action. Lina You all can deal with this one I am tired of the ignorance about declawing and the ignorance of the people that support it Specially with someone who has never posted here before |
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"Matthew" wrote in message . .. "Lina" wrote in message ups.com... Declawing is a surgical procedure like any other, it is not a cruel action. Lina You all can deal with this one I am tired of the ignorance about declawing and the ignorance of the people that support it Specially with someone who has never posted here before I feel the same way about the indoor/outdoor issue. It amazes me that Barry actually thinks it is okay to let his UNSPAYED BLACK cat get outside right before Halloween. It's beyond negligence. He has had one cat ripped apart by dogs in that very yard. But I am just a judgmental tightass who must have my PERIOD or something. And if Jupiter, spoiled rotten and raised inside to trust humans, gets ripped apart by dogs, tortured by a sicko, or hit by a car, Barry would expect SYMPATHY. Ugh, ugh, ugh. I am beyond disgust. He and the pro-declaw bitch ought to get together and mate. |
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"cybercat" wrote in message ... "Matthew" wrote in message . .. "Lina" wrote in message ups.com... Declawing is a surgical procedure like any other, it is not a cruel action. Lina You all can deal with this one I am tired of the ignorance about declawing and the ignorance of the people that support it Specially with someone who has never posted here before I feel the same way about the indoor/outdoor issue. It amazes me that Barry actually thinks it is okay to let his UNSPAYED BLACK cat get outside right before Halloween. It's beyond negligence. He has had one cat ripped apart by dogs in that very yard. But I am just a judgmental tightass who must have my PERIOD or something. And if Jupiter, spoiled rotten and raised inside to trust humans, gets ripped apart by dogs, tortured by a sicko, or hit by a car, Barry would expect SYMPATHY. Ugh, ugh, ugh. I am beyond disgust. He and the pro-declaw bitch ought to get together and mate. Barry does every thing for a reason there is a method to his madness. I to also agree always keep cats indoors specially a black cat. But there is a reason he is doing what he does I won't jump the gun or draw conclusions till I know both sides. I guess it comes with age Plus I am tired of all the BS. The trolls I mess with are fun for a while but they get so predictable that they do get boring The pro declaw person no comment except let me go get a surgeon to remove your nails it is a surgical procedure and see how you feel for the rest of your life. |
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cybercat wrote: I feel the same way about the indoor/outdoor issue. I feel the same way about most of the common issues addressed here. "My cat's eye ball..." It amazes me that Barry actually thinks it is okay to let his UNSPAYED BLACK cat get outside right before Halloween. It's beyond negligence. He has had one cat ripped apart by dogs in that very yard. She's probably at greater risk of getting knocked up than killed, but I totally agree. But I am just a judgmental tightass who must have my PERIOD or something. Ahhh yet. I wish men had to tote around a uterus for a month. It would shut them up for life. And if Jupiter, spoiled rotten and raised inside to trust humans, gets ripped apart by dogs, tortured by a sicko, or hit by a car, Barry would expect SYMPATHY. He better damn well not. I will excuse Ruprect's death, but not another. Ugh, ugh, ugh. I am beyond disgust. He and the pro-declaw bitch ought to get together and mate. Um, no they shouldn't. Dumb shouldn't breed. -L. |
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"Matthew" wrote: Barry does every thing for a reason there is a method to his madness. I to also agree always keep cats indoors specially a black cat. But there is a reason he is doing what he does I won't jump the gun or draw conclusions till I know both sides. Matthew, right now, I don't give a **** about Barry and his cute little quirky personality. I am worried about Jupiter. The kitten he took and raised to trust people in his drugged-out inner city neighborhood. I am tired of all the bull**** too, but particularly of Barry's brand, which is all aimed at excusing his irresponsibility or incompetence. The only conclusion to draw is that he is endangering this kitten. The oddball "be free wild thing" philosophy may be cute as a button to some of you freaks, but it will lose its appeal in the presence of a broken and bloody kitten. |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:53:42 GMT, "Matthew"
wrote: The pro declaw person no comment except let me go get a surgeon to remove your nails it is a surgical procedure and see how you feel for the rest of your life. Except, as we all know, it isn't just the nails. It is the amputation of the last joint. |
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