To Declaw a Cat?
By go4amitshah
@go4amitshah (1005)
India
June 9, 2007 3:13am CST
I recently made an appointment to get my cat declawed. My cat is my baby and I love her to death. I decided to get her declawed because she has a nasty little habbit of clawing couches, carpet, chairs, you name it. I'm buring new couches to replace the old ones and I want them to last. She's torn the carpet off he floor in some places and ever clawed holes in a leather couch. I am feeling really bad about doing it now, her appointment is in two weeks. Is there a possibility that she could be either depressed or angry about it for a long time? I know my cat is not a person, I just don't want this to effect the rest of our owner-pet relationship
1 response
@CinderInMySoul (4717)
• United States
9 Jun 07
personally i think that declawing a cat is cruel. just like debarking a dog.
what happens if your cat somehow gets outside??
and is chased by a dog? or another cat? how will she defend herself? how will she climb a tree?
a cat that IS allowed outdoors should NEVER be declawed.
get her a scratching post that has catnip in it or on it. when she claws at your furniture "bop" her on the butt (enough to just scare her) and tell her NO. she will figure out what she isnt allowed to claw at.
when she claws at the scratching post thingy, pet her reall good and tell her good girl..cats can be trained in somethings!


