I can't begin to describe how wrong that is. Some people are just uneducated...but it's the ones that still insist on declawing after you explain the negative effects and even worse still insist after you show pictures of a declawing that make me irate! Declawing is so much for human convenience and NOT in the best interest of the animal...people make me so very angry when they're to lazy to train their kitty to a scratch post and choose to declaw instead. Unless there's some kind of medical reason...infection or disformity that would effect the kitty's health, I see no reason to declaw.

The vet I got Scout neutered at asked me numerous times if I wanted him declawed also. Every single time I went NO! The first thing I did when I picked him up from the vet was check his paws.


On the laser altering...one vet around here does that. Wanted to charge me $242 to laser off Scout's bits...they told me that it's better to do laser because it cauterizes as it cuts so there's less pain and faster healing time. I said no thank you...Scout and Bixby's neuter with a scalpel went just fine.