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07-06-2006, 09:48 AM | #1 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas
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| ?? Cats and declawing My daughter's roomate has a cat and since she just bought all new furniture and new carpet I would like her to have the cat declawed. The owner of the cat is okay with this. It is a strictly indoor cat and has never been outside. Do you declaw the front and back paws or just the front? Is this considered cruel? How long is the recovery period? Has anyone tried soft paws - like plastic covering for the nails? Thanks. |
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07-06-2006, 09:59 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | training the cat is the best way to go cats can learn the word No just like dogs declawing is one of the most cruel things you can do to a animal its VERY pain full since they do take off the first nuckle i would NEVER do it Deff Do not get the back done if god forbit that cat gets out it will have no way to defend itself i have 3 cats none of them claw at anything there no supposed to they all listen to no a spray bottle with water works well to they also have those plactic corner covers for you couch the caps for the nails never work cause they pull them right off if they are set of getting it done good luck finding a vet cause most of them wont do it and it will cost alot |
07-06-2006, 10:02 AM | #3 |
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| I think you are supposed to have this done by 12 weeks of age. After that it is way too painful.
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07-06-2006, 10:03 AM | #4 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central NY state
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| 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. |
07-06-2006, 10:04 AM | #5 |
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| I understand that declawing a cat is one of the most painful surgeries that a cat undergoes. Before I knew better I did have a cat declawed, but never again. |
07-06-2006, 10:17 AM | #6 |
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| oh please dont do that.. to them its like chopping off your fingers.. can you imagine the pain... if you love animals, dont do it....it should have already been taken care of...
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07-06-2006, 10:27 AM | #7 |
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| Thanks for all the replies. I've never owned a cat so I wasn't aware of the facts surrounding declawing, but knew some of you would. I did call my vet's office and they said they do prefer to do it as a kitten, but do it with cats also. Front declawing is only $87.00. They did say the safe paws (nail covers) don't work. They said it was a painful surgery and recovery was about a week. I think we will try to see about getting covers for the couch ends and try the water bottle method first. Thanks again. |
07-06-2006, 10:30 AM | #8 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central NY state
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| We tried the Soft Paws once... some fell off within a week and one took off part of our kitty's nail. It's a great idea (in theory), but they just didn't do it for us. |
07-06-2006, 10:57 AM | #9 |
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| All 3 of my cats have all of their claws. The have a cat tree that is about 6 feet tall to climb on and scratch to their heart's content. The also have this scratching post that is disposable and it is like a box that has catnip in it, it is hard to explain, but they absoultely love it and use it all the time!! Between those two things, they leave the furniture alone since they have their own things. I do know that double sided tape will keep them from scratching anything and they will learn not to even try to scratch the furniture even after the tape is long gone. I did have one cat that we had declawed a long time ago before we knew about it and he had his front claws removed. He was so sore and he would always bleed there where his claws use to be. Even several years after he was declawed the paws were still sore and would bleed. I think if you give them plenty of their own things to scratch on and encourage them to scratch on the approved items and discourage them to claw on things that are not allowed, I think you will be alright and should not have any problems with them.
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07-06-2006, 10:59 AM | #10 |
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| Cats CAN be trained just like dogs. I think their just a little more stubbron. I would say that they are kinda like yorkies....LOL I have a friend that her cat sits and lays down and fetches. It just takes a little time and patience like with any other animal. I don't feel it is necessary to declaw. But, like someone else said... If you do declaw then please only do the front claws so if the cat was to make it's wat outside then it can take care of itself Crystal
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07-06-2006, 11:18 AM | #11 |
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| I have 2 siamese cats that were declawed as kittens. They are declawed front and back. They have never had any problems and healed extremely quick. They were in more pain after spaying and neutering then declawing. |
07-06-2006, 11:35 AM | #12 | |
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07-06-2006, 02:27 PM | #13 |
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| I would NEVER declaw my cat. Many vets won't do it anymore and the only ones that do IMO are just money hungry. You never know how much pain these animals are in and I heard that they always will be in pain. Delawing is also a MAJOR reason why many people end up dumping their cats in shelters. The cat ends up in so much pain from digging in a catbox that it stops using the litterbox. The US is one of the only countries who still hasn't outlawed declawing. I had a friend who adopted a cat from a shelter. She took it to be declawed and since he had bandages she put him in the bathroom away from the other pets. When she went back to the bathroom he had shook the bandages off and the bathroom was covered in blood. She couldn't believe how much he was bleeding, it was really terrible. You can always clip a cat's nails or put softpaws on their claws. They work better if someone experienced puts them on the cat like a groomer. Here's some sites about declawing: http://amby.com/cat_site/declaw.html http://cats.about.com/cs/declawing/a/declawing.htm |
07-07-2006, 06:35 AM | #14 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Alabama
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| I suggest getting several scratching posts and some catnip and put the posts near the spots that it tends to scratch. Occasionally rub the catnip on the posts and it will attract the cat once again, the catnip smell wears off after a little while. This is what we are doing right now. I have a 9 yr old cat who doesn't scratch but our 3 yr old does. We just got new furniture so we really started working with Sophie, the 3 yr old, on not scratching. She has started going to the post on her own and has not yet scratched the new furniture. If the cats starts scratching the furniture tell it no then take it to the post and puts its paws on it to scratch. Ours would scratch the ends of the couch so that's where our posts are now. You may even want to get couple different types of posts to see what the cat likes best. They have them that are covered in rope and ones covered in carpet(our cat doesn't like this one) and some that stand alone and some that lie on the floor and some that hang on a door knob. Also putting double stick tape on the area where the cat scratches keeps the cat from scratching it too. They don't like the sticky feel on their feet. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...09&N=2002+2017 you can check this out but I've heard that in craft stores they have big sheets(the size of paper) that are sticky on both sides, I haven't found any yet though. You may have to wait until the cat is scratching to do this though to know where its going to be prone to scratch. You can definately train them though. Ours know not to get on the counters and tables and what rooms not to go in. The water gun sounds great, I haven't tried them but I've heard great things about them. Just get several and put them throughout the house so they are always handy. Good luck.
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07-07-2006, 07:04 AM | #15 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tulsa, Ok
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| I'm absolutely sick to my stomach as I read these posts. I have 3 cats 2 of which I had front declawed. No one ever told me (not even the vet) how painful this is for the cat. My poor boys. I'm just so sad I did that to them. |
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