The thought was in my mind that someday we might adopt a declawed cat, an adult. I guess you'd just have to be prepaired to deal with any and all complications in the furture do to the declawing. I never really knew it was so bad for them. It just sounds awful. And I will try to spread the information so others will know. I would think the vets would tell us these things and not just be in it for the money. I figured we would go adult since they may have a harder time finding homes, unlike cute little kitties. I wasn't sure you could train an adult cat to use a post and not the couch. Our Kelcee was trained with a squirt bottle to not go on the furniture, and she will be 15 in May. She is a really good cat. When I got her as a kitten I took my 2 wk vacatiion, and stayed home and trained her, she has been perfect ever since. Kelcee hates other cats, so this thought was just a thought. Hopefully Kelcee will be with us a good long time. She is my baby girl claws and all! She will NOT let me trim them. When she got her teeth cleaned they trimmed them and it was nice. The only thing with her claws is that she gets them hung up on things , like her 'blankie' and I can hear her walking on certain rugs, because they catch a bit. Just enough to make a sound.