>Again you keep thinking I am all for this and I am not and I dont fucking know >any other way to tell you that and have you actually understand it.
Then perhaps the next time the topic comes up you should not reply the way you did originally which essentially was "if you have furniture you are worried about and your cat is still a kitten, go for it". This is not the statement of someone that thinks the procedure should *only* be done if the person is going to get rid of the cat should they not be able to prevent scratching, that is practically encouraging someone to do it. I don't disagree with your statement that *if* someone is planning to have it done, younger is better (although still not without risk)....I just personally would rather put my efforts towards educating someone in all the other ways to prevent scratching problems, and that declawing is not an appropriate solution to such issues, than just saying, well they'll do it anyway, so why bother trying to convince them otherwise. Many people *would* think twice about doing it if given all the information, but that very often does not happen, and it's just done as a matter of routine. As Helen Keller said, there are few evils worse in this world than apathy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:248996 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
