Declawing: against or for?

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Originally posted by Mandy1
I understand what your saying. I agree, if the only thing that is stopping a cat from finding his/her forever home is their claws then I believe its ok to declaw them.

I disagree, a home which demands declawing before homing a cat is not a good home but a narrow minded OR uneducated one.

What happens if the cat does something worse than scratching, like weeing on the carpet. That cat would usually be shipped off to the shelter straight away as these homes which won't accept frayed sofa are unlikely to tolerate urine soaked sofas any better.

Please note that 60% of declawed cats send to shelters have developed urine based problems. So declawing failed these cats, they certainly didn't get a forever home due to declawing and then they have a much higher chance of being put to sleep, who wants a weeing cat ?!?

Owners need to be forced by law NOT to declaw while we educate them why declawing is pointless.

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slleipnir,

We chatted last year about your kitties in a friendly way.

As I said then.

But you are a minor child, it was your mothers responsibility to declaw Kiba not yours, that is why I asked if your MUM had her declawed.

Just remember what people hate is the fact that cats are declawed and the problems the cats develop and yes the people who have the facts and do it anyway. But this doesn't apply to you or your mum, as you didn't have the decision and your mum didn't have the facts.

Declawing your cats was your mums decision and as a minor you could not have overuled her decision. You never wanted your cats declawed and tried to persuade your mum but she had made her mind up from day one and nothing you said or did would have changed that.

Please do not take declawing threads as a direct aim at you they are no such thing.

These threads IMO are to educate people with the facts so if they choose to go ahead with a declawing operation, they do so with the knowledge of what could happen to their cats and alternative solutions.

YOU didn't do anything wrong, so don't feel guilty. Your cats have good loving homes and you will love them for their lifetime without claws as much as you would have done with them.

Please do not feel bad love those kitties with a guilt free heart and give them a cuddle from me, they are very lucky cats.

PIF

PS. slleipnir, You said last year, you might be interested in writing an article for my declawing site at www.declawing.co.uk. I would still love your input if you had the time