Matt, We have an indoor cat and it has all its claws. We just trim them regularly like I do for my own toenails. We also spent time training the cat to not scratch furniture and to only scratch a proper scratching post. They need to scratch to keep the nails healthy, but they CAN learn to not scratch everything.
-Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 10:47 AM Subject: Re: Declawing cats > 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
