I have cats and as you can tell by my post above I do not declaw. I do trim my cat's nails. Only the cat that tends to scratch furniture. I started trimming the nails when the cat was a kitten. If someone has difficulty with that they can wrap the cat in a small blanket with only a paw sticking out and then cut the nails. Of course you need someone to help you with the procedure but it is a quick and painless way of trimming the cat's nails. My boy is very good about it but he is used to being handled and trusts me.
All this talk about amputation of animal's body parts makes me wonder if some people should even own an animal.
I don't see a problem with the soft tips being put on an animal's nails but it seems to me if you are going to go through all that trouble you may as well just trim the nails. |