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when a cat is declawed, they don't take just the claws. they take--what would be on a human hand--up to the first knuckle of the digit...as a side effect the cat may begin to bite or develop litterbox problems among other things. just make sure kitty has plenty of appropriate things to scratch & toys to keep busy with. my husband's cat
loves to mark all of our wood furniture & i have to remind myself that it is just stuff & that my husband treasures his stinkin' cat so i can't throw it out a window.
posted by
mightyjo
on September 29, 2008 at 5:32 PM
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We've never declawed our cats
I find that barbaric - always puts me in mind of the fingernail torture. But my kitties sure know how to tear up our furniture! One of our friends has a "Hitler" faced cat, with the patch of black down the front of his nose. I laugh uncontrolably whenever I see it - it's so shockingly funny.
posted by
gapcohen
on September 21, 2008 at 6:54 PM
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I have a declawed cat
Got her that way, from a newspaper ad. I would not have done it by choice. but the fact is, she is as tough as any cat ever was, and one of the best mousers ever. I think she throttles 'em. She counts coup on all the other cats given the least opportunity, and I think her front claws are long forgotten. She may be baffled about the claws on our three other cats. But it may be, in her little cat mind, something to do with the difference between males and females.
I still would not declaw a cat.
posted by
Ciel
on September 21, 2008 at 12:47 PM
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