Originally posted by tvt
I'll stick my neck out to be different.
I am all for declawing house-only cats. My previous cat was declawed on all 4's because of owning nice furniture. I now have one cat that is front declawed only, and one that is not declawed at all. I also now have one very shredded piece of "nice" furniture. The cat that has all claws, well... she shredded my loveseat even though I have a scratch board for her use.

Of the 3 cats that were all declawed in different ways- 1 totally, 1 only on front, and 1 not declawed at all- none of them knew the difference. The front declawed cat still claws the laundry baskets and me, but she does no harm to anyone or anything. My previous cat that had all 4's declawed was always scratching at things, doing no harm. The cat that has all 4's clawed, well... there you go... i'm 100% FOR declawing house-only cats.

They don't know the difference. Why don't you go look at what is done to these cats? They know the difference. There is a reason you are kept away from them for 2 days. They scream with pain after a declawing. You need to educate yourself before you go sticking you big foot in your even bigger mouth. You are far from a respectable pet owner. Any decent pet owner would not put their pets through what you have put your pets through for the sake of a bloody piece of wood covered in fabric.