He actually Suggested I declaw my cats in order to rent an apartment!  

My girls are strictly indoor kitties and have always lived in an apartment of some sort. I found a nice place that will allow them with a pet deposit. I picked the apartment with trees in front of the windows so maybe we will get some birds dropping by, I might try putting up a bird feeder on the window to encourage some stop by and entertain my kitties while I am out for the day. They love the squirrels where we live now. I just couldn't believe that someone would insist you declaw your cats before renting from them. How horrible.

When we were first married, we rented an apartment on the third floor. The landlady said that if we had pets, she would let us only rent on the first floor. That was for families who had children and pets. I have a feeling that she did not have any robberies or any pests at her place. But we soon found a house and moved out in a couple of months. Most of the cats i knew were outdoor cats. Why when we lived in our first house, we got a kitten and the first thing she did was to bring me a dead mouse. It really freaked me out.

ah, she was just proud of her catch and wanted to share with her family. Better a dead mouse brought in by the cat than a live mouse in the house!

A lot of times that first floor thing is so that children and pets don't fall off of the other floors, its a liability thing. My grandmother rents out apartments and does the families with children thing on the first floor so the children don't fall off the balcony.

ah, she was just proud of her catch and wanted to share with her family. Better a dead mouse brought in by the cat than a live mouse in the house!

A lot of times that first floor thing is so that children and pets don't fall off of the other floors, its a liability thing. My grandmother rents out apartments and does the families with children thing on the first floor so the children don't fall off the balcony.

I don't think it is, in fact I looked at several apartments and even more on-line and he was the only jerk I ran into. Most places just want pet deposit for any furbabies. Some will limit how many you can have. Dogs seem to be a bigger problem rent wise. Most places don't mind you having a cat.

That must be a new practice...never heard of needing a "pet" deposit before but maybe since I've been here for so long (48 years!!--gasps)

I have paid a pet deposit at all three apartments I have lived in since I got my furbabies. The one I live in now that I am leaving even charged me pet rent. As did some of the places I considered in LA. The one I am moving into doesn't though, which is nice.

Seriously, the linoleum? How is that even possible? Mine like to claw doorway frames, but I have tried to get them to cut that out. Now we have boxes for clawing, and its the carpet that also gets a little claw wear, but to suggest I declaw them. What an idiot. I told him I didn't think the apartment would work for me. Don't people know declawing cats is painful and risky, plus it can make a cat's personality change. I wonder how he would like his fingers cut off.

really.
plus they have those lil glue on caps,if the clawing's really a problem.
we had to put those on my calico once-not due to damage,but because she kept socking her brother.she hated them so much,she stopped clawing

Maybe I should try that with my kitties, at least if they fought they wouldn't do any damage to each other.

I am glad it worked for your kitty. But I have heard horrible stories how it has changed the personality of the kitty when done and it just seems bad to me to remove or cut the paws of a kitty.

I guess I think that is what the pet deposit is for and he shouldn't suggest such a horrible procedure for renting an apartment.

I guess that cats do relatively little damage compared to children and dogs. Thats probably why most of the apartments I looked at allowed cats.

Some people can be so inconsiderate can't they? I already found another apartment that has no problem with my cats.

Out of the dozen or so apartments I looked at he was the only on who suggested such a thing.

I think he would be better off having a no pets policy then suggesting declawing. Yes they do do damage but you can train them not to. What health concern did your cat have that warranted cutting off part of its paw? I am offended because most people think its a mundane thing, but I wouldn't consider cutting off part of my fingers as mundane.

She has deformed paws, the claws where unable to retract or even grow properly. This caused infection after infection as well as sores. She also has extra digits and had 3 extra non-retractable claws in between them that scraped the skin off of the inside of the toes. Not being able to retract them she would get stuck on carpet or couches and even broke a toe trying to get out of one of these predicaments. That is when we had them removed. The regular surgery is painful but there is a laser treatment that kills the cells of the claw bed that isn't as painful (it is very much like laser hair removal) as claws are not needed it leaves no longer term effects at all. She doesn't go out side as she has other issues as well. She cannot hear all tones of sound do to a deformity in her ears. We had a surgery on that as well but she still only has partial hearing.