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 Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:35 pm
Ruthfully Funklepuss Ouch. That sounds painful. With medical reasons you basically have no choice. Correct me if I'm wrong. Sometimes you can get a choice...but I didn't. It depends on the situation, now we've got better technology and medicine...and overall treatment to help with claws and such. I honestly would never declaw my cats unless they had medical issues- and they did, unfortunately. How are they doing without their claws?
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:50 pm
Funklepuss How are they doing without their claws? Timmy is doing great. He is an indoor cat, so he doesn't really use his claws. Smokey and Crystal are ok with it also. They just don't really care. It is easier with no claws...but I honestly, liked it when my deceased cat would scratch at his scratching post.
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:51 pm
Ruthfully Funklepuss How are they doing without their claws? Timmy is doing great. He is an indoor cat, so he doesn't really use his claws. Smokey and Crystal are ok with it also. They just don't really care. It is easier with no claws...but I honestly, liked it when my deceased cat would scratch at his scratching post. Well, it's good to know they are doing ok. And they don't seem to have any issues with it.
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 6:16 pm
Our cat who is declawed scratches on the picky board. And he looks just as satisfied after using it as my cat who has her claws does.
I really like the fact that his original owners got him declawed when he was super young, before he even got fixed. He has absolutely no problems with his paws. He plays just as rough, he walks around with no issue, and doesn't even mind if I touch his paws and play with them like I enjoy.
Only problem I really have with declawing... I love playing with Kitty's paws, making the claw go in and out. It's just so empty on Tora's paws, with there being no claw to go in and out. Before we got him, I had never felt a declawed cat's paw before. It's just something I do during idle time, like twirling a pencil or clicking a pen, you know? Having a cat on my lap and playing with their paws..
(in case you're wondering, yes, I insist on my cats being tolerant to my odd desires.. I figure it'll help them get used to kids easier whenever I get around to having kids... and I'll do the same with my dogs! most tolerant pets on the block xd )
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 6:17 pm
Whiskey On A Sunday This is going to be the unpopular response, but I will be getting Pixie declawed. She has given me several life time scars and the only solution I have left is to declaw her. I have tried the double sided tape, soft paws, spraying her,the wall plug in that suppose to calm cats, you name it I've done it, and nothing has worked, including seeing a cat behaviorist. Pixies little daggers are coming out. Here is the little demon after applying the latest set of soft paws, she chews them off with in 24 hours.  I I think declawing is bad, but you have to do what you can do. Sometimes you run out of options. You aren't like the chick in the pets forum who thinks it's okay to declaw front paws because they are "hands, not feet" you know it is a bad situation and you have tried other options, like behavior specialists. I think it's still bad, but you have to do what you have to do. sad Ruthfully all of my cats had to get their claws declawed for medical reasons. Timmy had his claws chipped badly, and he had an infection around there, he was in a long line of feral cats. My other two cats had the same problem, but in a different way. Crystal had been abused and abandoned...and she was missing two of her claws on one paw. The animal shelter had already declawed her so that infection wouldn't spread. Yeah, again. Sometimes you don't have a choice. Medical issues do that to you to.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:47 am
kage no neko Our cat who is declawed scratches on the picky board. And he looks just as satisfied after using it as my cat who has her claws does. I really like the fact that his original owners got him declawed when he was super young, before he even got fixed. He has absolutely no problems with his paws. He plays just as rough, he walks around with no issue, and doesn't even mind if I touch his paws and play with them like I enjoy. Only problem I really have with declawing... I love playing with Kitty's paws, making the claw go in and out. It's just so empty on Tora's paws, with there being no claw to go in and out. Before we got him, I had never felt a declawed cat's paw before. It's just something I do during idle time, like twirling a pencil or clicking a pen, you know? Having a cat on my lap and playing with their paws.. (in case you're wondering, yes, I insist on my cats being tolerant to my odd desires.. I figure it'll help them get used to kids easier whenever I get around to having kids... and I'll do the same with my dogs! most tolerant pets on the block xd ) I like my cats with claws as well. And because De-clawing is illegal here unless it's for a medical reason I have never touched a claw-less cats paw. I bet it looks empty.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:48 am
~~ *raises hand* Was it mah thread, by any chance? :3 ~~
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:12 am
I didn't post that under normal circumstances I too am against declawing. I knew one cat that my friends mother had declawed and was probably the most traumatic experience with an animal ever. Infection had set in and after that she couldn't use the paws anymore. she hopped around on her front elbows for a year then they had her put down for reasons I don't know.
Now after that, yes I am apprehensive about getting Pixie declawed, but I have exhausted every option out there including excessive amounts of toys and 8 pieces of cat furniture. My house looks like a cat rescue, but I will not give her away because the likely hood of her ending up in a shelter is much higher with someone else. Just because she uses her claws excessively does not mean she needs to be dumped on someone else. She also bites, but that has lessened as shes gotten older.
She really does have her sweet moments, but I am sick of getting clawed to death. Working in the medical field I can not risk getting an infection, because of her. I have to deal with some nasty diseases and have been sent home from work because of scratches on my arms and 2 nasty ones on my face. So in January, she will be getting declawed.
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:16 am
she's biting too? Be prepared for the biting to get worse when her claws are taken away. Maybe you should have her teeth pulled too. rolleyes
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:21 am
Hmm, maybe I will.
Or, maybe I'll just take her out back and shoot her. Surely that is a much better solution that removing her claws.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:47 am
I have never had an issue with any cat that I have ever owned, so I have never had to consider declawing.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:02 pm
Have you tried Feliway? I don't know anyone personally that's used it so I can't attest to its effectiveness, but I guess it's worth a try? razz
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