declawing.. Rip out your nails and amputate the tips of your fingers
Am I sounding like a bleeding heart “humaniac”.. ?
If you MUST have a de-clawed cat, get one that has been dumped at he pound.. maybe dumped because many de-claws poop on soft surfaces.
Why? When the weather changes or it’s cold, the amputated area can hurt.. like when you have broken a bone and you have pain in cold or wet weather.. many of you are saying “we never had a problem”.. you are lucky..
Take a little survey. When someone complains that their cat is not using the litter pan.. ask if it is urinating in the pan and deficating outside the pan.. and on a soft surface like a pillow…. then ask if the cat is a de-claw.. I figured this out the 7 years that I worked for a very large animal hospital in Los Angeles..
Cats claw (scratch) because they are marking.. with the claw marks and the glands on their pads.. So that in the wild they can mark their domain and maybe find their way home..
also:
- It sharpens their claws.
- It exercises their claw muscles.
- It helps to scrape off the old outside covering.
- Gets your cats own smells around the house. (we can’t smell it)
