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Originally Posted by kalina82  as far as declawing goes, I am only for doing it to cats under a year old, preferably under 8 months, when they are spayed or neutered. I also recommend that training be done first and all other methods exhausted before doing this procedure. granted if the procedure is going to be done at a young age you only have a small window of time to train your kitten.
As a tech and as a groomer, I would rather work with a declawed (front and back) cat any day then a cat with his claws. I have way too many scars from cats. No matter how good of a hold you have on a cat they always manage to contort their body in any way possible to get to your flesh. lol |
LOL. And of course it's the ones that are indoor/outdoor and aren't vaxed for rabies...
Here the techs and vets tend to be very happy when there are less nails to deal with.
My cat was declawed a long, long time ago when I was very young. It was bloody, but it was also done by a country vet that had no business doing this procedure. He was not damaged for life and had all four done. However, IMO it has to do with what they are doing and how they are doing it that causes or does not cause problems later for the most part.
Just saw a cat the other day 1 or 2 days after declaw. Its feet hurt, but it certainly didn't appear damaged for life.