fwiw I have had cats most of my life and do not declaw them, the thinking being that a declawed cat that strays for whatever reason is toast. As Keven said, if a scratching post is provided it is relatively easy to train them not to scratch at the furniture. If you aren't going to be around enough to do that for the first couple of weekss... well, I personally would not get the cat.
Your mileage of course may vary. Dana > > ----- 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
