'Why not to declaw your cat?'

Whiskers from Guest Room Bed -

Are you thinking of declawing your kitten? Why? Is it for your convenience or is it for the benefit of the cat? There is no benefit to the cat, so it's got to be for you.

• Is declawing cruel?

Comment #1 Lee from Montevideo, Uruguay -

There may be a benefit for the cat.. it may not get a home and therefore may be killed. "In short, a declawed cat is a crippled, mutilated cat, and no excuse can justify the operation." The same can be said for having any animal fixed.

Comment #2 najdoyza from the mountains -

Yeah, but getting a cat fixed keeps it from breeding and adding more cats that may not have good homes to go to. Declawing a cat is basically mutilation. In orfer to stop a cat from growing claws they basically have to remove the tips of the paws. This would be akin to removing the tips of all your fingers nearly back to the first knuckle. It is extremely painful, often results in infections and other ongoing problems and leaves the cat completly defenseless if it should ever get outside becaue it can't climb anything to get away from another animal or claw another animal in self defense. And since the cat doesn'r always realize that it has no defense weapons it tries with no effect and is often killed. It's cruel and unnecassary.

Comment #3 DON (67.142.130.12) -

You say there are ways of dealing with cats behavior instead of declawing.

That may very well be. However whats the problem with cats after there de-clawed?

I have had 8 cats of all different types and there all about 8-10 years old. They were all

de-clawed with in their first year. They are indoor cats and do not go outside. They have

always seemed happy, and healthy. We have no snags in our furniture and when small children are with them we never have problems with any scratches. So asides from tearing up stuff and hurting people and kids i see no reason for indoor cats to have claws. You say maybe because its not natural? Its not natural to keep animals in the first place, so that theory is wasted. So for the many people who furniture, carpet, kids, and more ever suffer from the claws. u just keep them claws... Right whatever...

Just taking your cat in the car is frightening to most cats. Being in the Vet is frightening and very dramatic on most cats. Lets not leave out sticking them with a needle or spaying them, etc.... So if it hurts them we should not do these things as well eh? I think people like you are kinda nuts and you dont see the whole picture of what we are doing to animals in the first place. They dont belong in our houses anyway. They stare outside, well like a caged animals. Wanting out. Thats what were doing wrong buddy, thats the torture. Go a little deeper. The de-claw is just not that big a deal... it helps in many ways to be a pet.

Cya, Just a thought to add to your thought

sincerly, a friend

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