Ever since I've been educated about declawing, I've been against it. Before that I also thought it was okay and just something that you do when you're a cat owner. I've only owned one cat that I had declawed and it was my RB Pepper. I had him declawed when he was about 4 months old. My mom talked me into it and unfortunately there was no one to educate me about declawing.

I know that this surgery was very painful for Pepper because he didn't want to use his right paw so the vet had to put a splint on it. He had the splint on for a few days and the vet said that he had never had a cat need this before. I felt so bad for Pepper. I also noticed that his personality changed from an outgoing kitten to a much shyer reserved kitten. He was now terrified of going to the vets too. I'll never ever declaw another cat again. I sure wish that they'd make it illegal to declaw in the United States.

He did get along with all of my cats that had claws because I think that he thought he still had them. I also noticed that it was harder for him to climb and to keep his balance than for his brothers Sunny and Storm. I'm so sorry Pepper. Can you forgive me?