On Dec 23, 2007 4:30 PM, Dave l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > fyi~ just something from the American Veterinary Medical Association official > policy on Declawing of domestic cats(below). This is from the AVMA and I > would belief it a hell of a lot more than some lady with a web site and an > opinion.
Since you pulled out a statement that supports your views, I think the important statements to pull out of the AVMA policy are: > Declawing of domestic cats should be considered only after attempts have been > made to prevent the cat from using its claws destructively or when its > clawing presents a zoonotic risk for its owner(s). i.e., try everything else first - declawing is a last resort. > * Surgical declawing is not a medically necessary procedure for the cat > in most cases. i.e., declawing is unnecessary. > While rare in occurrence, there are inherent risks and complications with any > surgical procedure including, but not limited to, anesthetic complications, > hemorrhage, infection, and pain. If onychectomy is performed, appropriate use > of safe and effective anesthetic agents and the use of safe peri-operative > analgesics for an appropriate length of time are imperative. The surgical > alternative of tendonectomy is not recommended. i.e., declaw surgery has the potential for bad side effects and needs to be undertaken with great care and by well-trained professionals (I know - duh!). > * Declawed cats should be housed indoors. Good to see that in their policy. Of course, I'm of the opinion that *all* pet cats should be housed indoors (due to the risk of exposure to disease, predation or good ol' traffic outdoors). -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248979 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
