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Date Posted: 11:30:22 12/13/10 Mon
Author: LAwoman
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 204.102.215.101
Subject: Congrats! My cats were always afraid of the tree. They were more interested in
In reply to: lynne 's message, "We might be getting a cat tonight! I have questions...." on 06:58:46 12/13/10 Mon

"unwrapping" the presents. Every gift I gave anyone always had holes in the paper in the shape of kitty teeth LOL! And I would never declaw. Ever. It's like if a kid kept making messes and you cut off their hands to solve the problem. There are MUCH better ways to cope with kitty behavior.

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[> Well.. -- suek, 13:05:49 12/13/10 Mon [1] (NoHost/12.174.118.19)

We have 2 declawed cats - I'm cat-crazy and dh refuses to have them w/claws. One came without, the other we did at 3 months old; both use the litter boxes just fine. And you may or may not have to worry about furniture - the two cats we had that had claws ripped things to shreds, and the ones we've had without still do the action but no damage.

I seriously doubt a cat can undo a latch.

We keep the nonbreakable ornaments at the bottom; even when Jet (2 in Sept) was teeny (2 years ago; we got him the weekend before Christmas), he was more interested in what was dangling at the bottom than up higher - make sure you go to www.simonscat.com and look at the newest entry today - will make you laugh, I hope!


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[> [> I swore I'd never be that -- Tapanga, 07:40:18 12/14/10 Tue [1] (CPE-70-94-62-20.kc.res.rr.com/70.94.62.20)

horrible person who declawed an adult cat. But, I did it. I still hate myself a little for it but thankfully, everything worked out. Six was the foster cat who stayed. After over a year, she was deemed "unadoptable." A little too feral. Trimming her nails for all those months as a foster involved inviting my friend the former vet tech over for assistance. She ripped open my hand once at a Petco adoption when she got freaked. She's eight years old now and she loses a tiny bit of the feral as each year passes but only a bit. Thankfully, she's alive, healthy and seems happy. It was a huge gamble and I hope I never have to make that call again.


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[> [> [> It's not horrible -- niki, 10:08:03 12/14/10 Tue [1] (216-43-87-143.dsl.mcleodusa.net/216.43.87.143)

to declaw if it is done well and necessary. For my Zara, getting her nails trimmed was a much bigger horror than her declaw at 5 months. My mom's cat we tried nailcaps as she was taken in at 6-7 years old, but my mom couldn't put them on due to her arthritis and she would work on pulling the nailcaps off as soon as I put them on her. We did lots of pain med and an extra day of hospitalization and she is just fine, doesn't even mind having her feet handled.

I try to discourage clients from declawing, but I don't think it is evil either.


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