I responded because of the way that you put it because your statement wasn't an accurate one at all, it was an opinion and being that I have pretty damn good first hand knowledge of it, I felt that I should say something.
And No i am not all for it... I am not for doing adult cats at all but I am also not again doing pre-adult ones. And yes you can give sites that counter that site but this is also a situation where you will hear the bad stories but not the good. It's kinda like with Vista.. you hear tons of stories about the bad and just a few of the good which doesn't mean there arent any good ones but people dont tend to waste their time on making things like this when its good. "I don't disagree with your statement that *if* someone is planning to have it done, younger is better " well good because that is really all i am saying. "(although still not without risk)" correct but that is also true of every single procedure that is done. Off base here a bit but just as another example... You ever do or see a pet bird get is beak trimmed? You almost have to crush it whole bird to hold it steady and have to very closely monitor it heart beat and breathing (through a towel) and then take a dremel tool and file it down.. Well it don't sound that bad but I have seen more birds die doing that than any other procedure, and yet you could make the same argument for it as declawing but people don't. The point is that almost everything you do at a clinic has it's risk. I have seen dozens of animals go into anaphylactic shock and die from giving a simple rabies or other vaccine injection. I just don't like when in cases like this where someone gives such a blatant opinion that I absolutely know isn't completely accurate. Whether you like it or not or agree with it or not what I had to say and the link i gave had to say are pretty much the way it REALLY is and how it is done and mostly perceived at vet hospitals in USA and someone's personal opinion isn't going to change that.. but it is the way it is. If you want my opinion for the record it is this. I wouldn't do an adult cat unless it was the last ditch effort. In a kitten if I had any inclination to do it then I would do it and not have a second thought about it. Now I would say that given the fact that I did it myself or someone I trusted. > 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:249029 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
