aMy daughter had two adult cats declawed by two different vets. One now has deformed feet and walks very painfully while the other one is less physically damaged. This was done 3 years ago. Neither of the cats have ever been the same mentally. They do not have the same lovely personalities anymore and they are also missing a very important part of their anatomy. It is cruel and unnecessary. I trim the nails of my cat that likes to scratch furniture. If a cat resists you just wrap them in a blanket and do one foot at a time. Very simple.
When a puppy has it's tail docked or dew claws removed they are only a few days old. The tail is soft tissue as are the dew claws. The animals never misses the tail or the dew claw. A really big difference from removing their nails. I have never heard of anyone doing such a thing to a dog and I hope that no vet would consider doing such a thing to any animal. You do not go around amputating body parts that are not convenient for you. You find ways of dealing with the problem.
Someone was on here a while back considering cutting off the tail of her adult Yorkie because it had not been done as a puppy. I don't understand this type of thinking. Cutting things off of animals for cosmetics or convenience is just so self centered that I don't understand why a person would have an animal at all! |