I'm sorry but I have to say no, I wouldn't give a cat to anyone who declawed. I just turned down a woman who wanted one of my hearter vent kittens because of that. She was a very sweet woman and would have giving one of them a good home. But once we started talking about declawing and I found out that she planed to declaw the kitty, I had to tell her no.![]()
This is the reason I gave her. Even though your plans are for the kitty to be indoors only, and you fell she would be safe. There is always that chance that she can get out, the door might be left open, the screen falls out (as has happened to some one on PT, I belive) etc. What then happenes to the kitty? She will be out in the world with no way of defending herself. That could be her death and I just can't risk it.
She was sure that the kitten would never get out, sense her last cat didn't. But things happen in life and even though it hasn't happen yet to her, there always that chance. A chance I won't take with my babies, no matter how much I like this woman.
I hate the idea of any cat being in a shelter and of course the though of a cat being put to sleep kills me but, sometime I have to ask what is worse the horrible death a defenseless cat could go through or a caged shelter life. Both are horrible, of course, so it's matter of picking the worce of two evils.
Are they can all just live with me.![]()
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This is just my opinion, some might say I'm wrong who knows....but I have to go with what my gut tells me.
Declawing is wrong....indoors or not, it should not be done for any other reason but health prolems.






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