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by HungryGuy on September 18th, 2004

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At what age should a cat be declawed? Are there alternatives to declawing (I can't be at home 24/7 to catch her and train her not to claw the furniture)?

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  • by Hobster on October 24th, 2005

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    I know I'm in the minority, but I advocate declawing cats if they will be inside for the rest of their lives. I have had a parade of cats during the last 35 years, and only started keeping them inside and having them declawed after losing 3 cats in 18 months to outside accidents (2 hit by cars, 1 was caught in a car engine). I honestly have not seen any down side to declawing. If a cat is declawed at the time it is fixed, it doesn't seem to know the difference. I even had some older cats declawed after I started keeping them inside, and after a brief recovery period of about 1 week, they seemed to be okay with it. In fact, one cat that we thought of as mean because she always clawed us was in fact just trying to play. After she was declawed, she was so much fun to play with, and she had a great time for the rest of her long life. So I'll have to be a minority voice about declawing. All my cats have had or are having great lives. Just ask my other "laptop"!

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    • Ohhh! You're going to get soooo flamed and rated down by cat lovers! But thanks for the alternate view :-)

      HungryGuy

      by HungryGuy on October 26th, 2005

    • declawing is a cruel and selfish crime (do you care more about your couch or your cat?)and should be illegal in this country.

      Autumn Riley

      by Autumn Riley on November 27th, 2005

    • Your environment leaves no choice. Sorry for your losses

      david askari

      by david askari on May 12th, 2006

    • Cats destroy nice expensive things, and scratch my children.

      Faast Ed

      by Faast Ed on May 15th, 2006

    • If you don't want your things destroyed, don't get a cat. Teach your children the proper way to play with cats and they won't get scratched. Just because you won't allow the cat out doesn't mean she won't escape and be defenseless.

      Darkling

      by Darkling on June 15th, 2006

    • I somewhat agree, as I have 2 declawed cats in my 6 pack who've never had any litterbox issues at 14 & 7 years old. I clip the others nails regularly & find it works easily, except the polydactyl w/14 toes in front who has to have the vet cut his!

      MyKinKStar

      by MyKinKStar on June 29th, 2006

    • My 2 declawed cats also had no problems with the litter box. The vets will explicitly tell you NOT to use kitty litter for a few weeks after this surgery to avoid the cat having problems with the litter. You should use shredded newspaper.

      Cat_Lover

      by Cat_Lover on November 15th, 2006

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