Posted by davet on June 21, 2001 at 20:54:25:
In Reply to: Re: Cat nails posted by Patricia on June 21, 2001 at 19:23:00:
: she hates me allready so i will push my position..i never suggested to people that they declaw but if they wanted it done we would discuss the pros and cons..every cat i or my kids have ever had have been declawed, the present cat " Ethyl" is about 17 yers old, goes out like the bum she it and has never had an adverse effect from declawing..she still climbs trees,catches mis but has never clawed furniature (not a big deal ) but also has not scratched any of the grn. kids etc..i am not a big proponent of it but i have nver seen a cat the got dejected or walked funny the rest of its life..they just grew up to be normal cats...clients that wanted it done were consuled and if it came to the fact that either it gets declawed or it is out cause of the funriature damage...now the answer here is they shouldn't have a cat...i dissagree, they are normally very cat prone people but have not learned the ways of getting the cat to not do cat things...claw pads, are fine when they work, training is fine when it works....while i am typing i am looking at a 12 inchs scar on my left arm from being raked by a kitten, 8 weeks old..if a little kitten can do this to me just imagine what it can do to an infant or young child...as before i do not advocate it or suggest it but when clients want it done i will do it after discussion...end of discertion.....and discertion not checked for spelling etc...dvet