I feel in my heart that it's wrong, but I was hoping to find out otherwise. I guess I won't get the kitty cat that is living in my office now.
- Matt Small ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randell B Adkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:34 AM Subject: Re: Declawing cats > We did to one of our cats long ago and the painful look > on the cats face and then not being able to defend himself > at any cost. > > If it is an indoor cat, what happens by chance he/she does > get outside or something. No Defenses. Cat would not stand > too much a chance. Also, what happens and forgive me for this > but something happens to you and no one takes the cat. Now > the cat is on his/her own. No way to defend themselves. > > I regret ever doing that long time ago. But I will never do that > again... > > My cats are like my kids.. I would not harm them in any way. > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/11/03 11:21AM >>> > Only if your cat's indoor only. If you let it live outside without > claws, it's not going to be very fun from the cat's perspective. > Small, > defenseless animals will no longer be such an easy target. I say this > > from experience - when I was a kid, we had two indoor Siamese/Persian > mixes that were declawed at 2, since we couldn't get them to quit > shredding the upholstery - bad smells, scratching posts, you name it, > nothing worked. > > On the other end of spectrum, my wife's parents have an outdoor cat > that > occasionally deposits bunny pancreases on the doorstep. It's a > seriously happy cat, too :) > > - Jim > > Matthew Small wrote: > > >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
