We have always had our cats declawed until recently. I heard that declawing a cat was like chopping off your first knuckle. (Whether this is true or not, I'm not sure.) Our vet is very against declawing now. Our cat has his nails still. We used a spray bottle to train our cat not to sharpen his nails on the furniture. Clipping the nails with human nail clippers helps with scratching.
I personally wouldn't do it, but that's just me. |