Just add this to the consideration. To summarize, 'declawing' is a misnomer. When a cat is 'declawed' they are having their toes amputated at the first knuckle. Period.
Now, think about you having all ten toes cut off at the first knuckle. Kat On 8/26/11, Gloria Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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