I had two cats declawed some 10-15 years ago. One cat handled it well. The other did not. As for me - I will never declaw another cat again. And I don’t recommend it.
But. This is a personal matter and should not be regulated by the gubmint.
“I had two cats declawed some 10-15 years ago. One cat handled it well. The other did not. As for me - I will never declaw another cat again. And I don’t recommend it.”
I guess this means we must also stop circumcising all males. After all, it must not feel so good to the male baby when this procedure is done on them. So what if they will then be much more subject to infections throughout the man’s life. We just can’t have the male species being subject to some pain that occurs at the time of the circumcision.
Just as we can’t have a cat suffer any pain at the time the little kitty gets declawed. So what if fewer kittens will be adopted by folks and thus more of them will end up being subject to euthanasia for lack of anyone wanting to deal with the hassle and destruction caused by a cat that has not been declawed. (You can, you know, only declaw a kitten’s front claws, and leave the back ones on for them to protect themselves with, which is what I have done with all of my cats that I have owned over my lifetime.) One must keep in mind the law of unintended consequences when deciding whether to declaw or to circumcise.
Oh, and don’t forget that many male animals are “fixed” at a young age, so that they can’t propagate. Is that cruel and unusual punishment?
Cats and men have long memories, and they all remember the pain of their declawing and circumcisions for the rest of their lives. They remember every excruciating moment of their early childhood trauma. Hey all you men out there in Freeperdom, do you dwell on, remember, or otherwise condemn what you went through when a mere child subject to circumcision. I suspect a cat remembers the pain of its declawing when young about as much as men remember the pain of their childhood circumcisions.
This law about declawing is a crock. It’s more PC crap. Reminds me of how the animal cruelty folks have managed to get rid of most elephants from circuses, such as its most recent victory over Ringling Brothers. Soon it will be horse racing, and they’ve also had great success with removing performing fish from zoo’s. Soon zoo’s themselves will be victims of do-gooders and PC.
Hunting of course is a no no, although that and eating meat is what has allowed the human species to survive. What’s next? Oh, I know, you can’t have pets at all as it is cruel to keep them in captivity.
And of course the ultimate insult, aborting babies, real little human beings, now that is perfectly acceptable to those PETA types that profess such great concern for animals. The hypocrisy is overwhelming.
I had my first cat declawed until I found out what it actually entailed. My last cat which I recently had to euthanize was never declawed and always used her scratching post. She even let me trim them for her.
My current new cat doesn't seem to be using the scratching post and I've had to put tinfoil around the den walls on the floor to keep her from shredding the fabric wallpaper. She has tiny paws and is still too skittish for me to pick her up and try to trim them.