[Fiji Hill]

Right on, Governor Youngkin!

Declawing a cat is not, as many seem to believe, like clipping your fingernails. It's more like amputating your fingers. Kudos for taking a stand against torturing animals.

[Languager]

Amen. Thank you. People get animals that are meant to live outside and then try to convert them to inside animals by cutting off their claws and testicles. Incredibly cruel. And then they turn right around and talk about how their cute fur babies are a part of their family. Sheesh. Heck of a way t treat a family member!

Why not just lobotomize cats and dogs and get it over with? That way they won’t scratch your furniture for sure!

[Vigilanteman]

You are mostly correct. My father was a veterinarian and described declawing as amputating the finger just above the knuckle. He was particularly against doing this on the front claws and refused such requests.

As Dad put it, you might lead a fairly normal life with your toes gone, but not with your fingers clipped off at the knuckle.

[Auntie Dem]

We’ve had 12 cats over the last 44 years, the first 5 kept their claws and we had some furniture damage, but not a lot. We had to be diligent in disciplining them. For the most part they were good about scratching only their designated posts.

Our next group we declawed the 4 kittens at an early age, and they were playing the next day like nothing happened. The mother cat, who was about a year old, was also declawed at the same time,had only a little more trauma. She hobbled around for a day or two, but was fine thereafter. All of the declawed cats could climb trees just fine. Eventually we stopped letting them outside because they were getting old. We’ve used Soft Paws (caps) on the rest and those have saved a lot of furniture. Declawing is not cruel if you do it early and take care of them properly afterwards.

[Pirate Ragnar]

“Right on, Governor Youngkin!
Declawing a cat is not, as many seem to believe, like clipping your fingernails. It’s more like amputating your fingers. Kudos for taking a stand against torturing animals.”

Thank you! Declawing is unnecessary and cruel. There are many uninformed people who treat animals like furniture.

[Theo]

I agree with you.

We’ve got 3 cats, and they do claw the carpets. I’ve considered declawing them, which would be VERY convenient for us, but it really is a barbaric surgery.

So we use claw covers, which we glue on with superglue. It helps.