Problem is declawing is so harmful to adult cats- painful, hard to adjust to, it can ruin them. Not right for kittens, but for adults it's just mean, torturous. Just not a good thing to do. There are places that allow cats w claws but folks may not think bout that till the last thing. But then grandma or whoever dies or goes to an Alzheimer's facility and then who wants a cat ruined by declaw.
Gloria Sent from my iPhone On Aug 26, 2011, at 7:25 PM, Kelley Saveika <[email protected]> wrote: > It wouldn't be you going without the cat, it would be the cat going without > you. I have seen cats given up by their owners grieve and mourn themselves > TO DEATH. I've seen cats given away by their owners be fine. I've seen cats > who have been declawed suffer. I have seen cats who have been declawed do > absolutely fine. It isn't all as easy as it looks sometimes. > > I have not had a cat declawed but I did have one who had to have a mastectomy > and who I am sure would have been in horrible pain had it not been for the > oral pain meds the vet prescribed. I would hope any vet doing declaw surgery > would provide pain meds. > > At any rate I'm 44 so hopefully it would be a while before I went into a > nursing home. > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: > I would seriously consider declawing very, very seriously– it is the most > devastating thing for a cat. Knowing what I do, I would be more heartbroken > doing it to a beloved cat than being without the cat, trust me. I wonder how > a cat would feel if > > he/she knew that it had a choice between missing the owner or having their > paws mutilated? According to Dr. Nicholas Doddman, who wrote The Cat that > Cried for Help, after declawing surgery, cats feel such extreme pain that > they either climb the walls of the cage or sit completely morose and cowering > in the corner, something that their owners will never see. I have a copy of > an article written for NY Times Magazine a few years ago, where a woman > writes about declawing her older cat because her mother’s oriental rug was > being scratched up. It is one of my hand-out’s to adopters – the story is > heartbreaking, and very typical. After the hurricane is over, I will scan it > and post it. It is probably the best I’ve read, without going into the gory > details of declawing. > > Natalie > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:22 PM > > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > > > Sorry! This is a 62 email thread in gmail. I don't know how your email > program organizes stuff. Anyway I did not look at the date. > > I've seen cats (especially senior cats) mourn their owners literally to death > after being given away, and honestly in that case I'd rather declaw them. > Hopefully I will not need to make that choice. > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: > > OMG – you are responding to a post from March……I thought that I was going > crazy and somehow missed a whole thread of talking about declawing, NOW! > > > > There are also some apartments that allow cats ONLY if they are declawed…I > guess they prefer taking their chances of those cats peeing everywhere > instead of possibly scratching something, and it would most likely be the > tenants’ own furniture! > > > > I would rather give my cat away than declaw it – especially when it’s an > older cat – it’s so much harder on them (not that it isn’t on young(er) cats). > > > > There needs to be a lot of education on declawing and what the > psychological/emotional and physical effects can take be. We have had a few > abandoned declawed cats, and I have witnessed almost all of them…..but all > the damage had already been done, and what was I to do – throw them out or > kill them? I found some homes that understood the ramifications and dealt > with the problems as well as they could. > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 6:45 PM > > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors > > > > Because if the owner has to go into the nursing home and is fortunate enough > to find one where they can take their cat, the nursing home is likely to > require declawing. > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is true, but I don't understand why an old person can't have a cat with > claws. Dealing mostly with feral cats, I have never been bitten or > scratched - what's the danger, I am 70 yrs old. 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