They clip them as part of normal grooming, but they grow back. A lot of the scratching that cats do is to keep the growth in check, and well as just exercise and stretch a bit.
Even clawed cats can be fine if you give them a good scratching post and train them well. I know someone with quite a few cats, and they don't have any problems with destructive scratching. Matthew -----Original Message----- From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:35 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Declawing cats Can't vets (or someone) also file down the tips to make them a bit less destructive/dangerous? - Jim Smith, Matthew P -CONT(CSC) wrote: >NO! It's really, really bad. It's analogous with cutting off the first joint of >your finger. Even if it's an indoor-only cat, should it get out it would be pretty >much defenseless. > >Perhaps you could do what I did - adopt a stray that is already declawed; no claws, >no guilt. There are tons of great animals that could use a good home. > >Also, there are some funny looking plastic tips that you can glue(?) on their claws. >I'll try to find the url. > >Matthew > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:17 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Declawing cats > >Should it be done? I'm contemplating getting a cat - but only if it's got no >claws. > >- Matt Small > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
