Declawing Cats - Illegal in most developed countries, but not the USA.

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My aunt somehow found a vet who was willing to completely declaw her cat (both front and back), which makes us go "What the fuuuuuck...?" I honestly thought by declawing a cat, the nail's just removed, as in like they kill the root. Wouldn't that have been better to do than amputating the entire joint, honest question?
 
Kari Kamiya dijo:
My aunt somehow found a vet who was willing to completely declaw her cat (both front and back), which makes us go "What the fuuuuuck...?" I honestly thought by declawing a cat, the nail's just removed, as in like they kill the root. Wouldn't that have been better to do than amputating the entire joint, honest question?
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If you leave any nail bed, they start growing back. So then you get a Lovecraftian horror of ingrown nails and shards of nails growing from the toes (trust me, I wasn't kidding about horror movie shit). In such cases the paw must then be amputated.

A first joint amputation is actually less cruel than potentially leaving any nail bed.
 
Don't do it. Every declawed cat I've ever adopted had behavioral problems or was just plain neurotic. Clawed cats will scratch you sometimes, probably by accident, but they'll be happier, more playful and social.
 
um, why don't people just clip their cat's nails?

It's easier than clipping dog's nails as they're 100% clear all the time unlike dogs where if you don't clip their nails they turn brown and if you cut them on the brown they bleed.

I've never done it to my cats but it should be easy as hell, just push on their feet from underneth and snip. And if you cut too close to the base you can always use shit like cornstarch or some Vitamin sticks to stop the bleeding.
 
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Kari Kamiya dijo:
My aunt somehow found a vet who was willing to completely declaw her cat (both front and back), which makes us go "What the fuuuuuck...?" I honestly thought by declawing a cat, the nail's just removed, as in like they kill the root. Wouldn't that have been better to do than amputating the entire joint, honest question?
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I hope your aunt gets raped and murdered in prison.
 
Declawing is totally unnecessary. There are plenty of other options. Toys, scratching posts, regular clipping, nail caps, etc. People who declaw are selfish, lazy pet owners who shouldn't have cats.
 
With a well-behaved cat, clipping the nails takes five minutes tops. Keeps the claws blunt and everyone wins.

Fuck people who declaw their cats. There's no excuse.
 
I guess that puts me in the minority. My family got a house cat about 10 years ago and got it declawed at about 6 months of age. The philosophy I heard from my veterinarian grandfather was to spay and declaw a cat to raise as a house cat. I think I might have the chris chan of cats.
 
Male Idiot dijo:
I can understand if it is necessary. How efficient is just gluing the pink things to the cat's claws instead? That sounds like the safest practice for everybody involved.
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Eh, efficency depends on application. You still need to trim the nails prior to gluing. How well the glue holds depends on how well they work. My cats wore them for the month they lived at de-clawing MiL's house to protect her furniture and they worked well. They only lasted that month however. I prefer just trims and scratchers myself, less maintenance honestly unless you really do have $50,000 sofas.

Johnny Bravo dijo:
I think part of the issue is that people don't bother to bond with their cats so their cats won't allow them to trim their nails.
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Cat's paws are super-sensitive so if they're not used to fondling the paws they'll almost always flee the sensation. (Imagine it being like getting a small electric shock.) So you're supposed to start playing with their paws as kittens, and as adults expose them to small, then longer touches. (This goes for dogs too. I think I have wrestled many more dogs than cats during nail trims.)

And there's an entire thing is "less is more" restraint with cats. And how each cat, ultimately, must have it's own approach.

This all means the owner must not only be bonded to the cat but also interested in it. Which is rare, sadly. But you can always take it to a vet for regular trims too.

I used to trim the nails of a cat with which I had almost exactly three minutes to do all four paws before the cat became a spineless, spinning, snarling hell-beast. And if you tried any restraint besides a ligth hold the hellbeast side would appear immediately. Her owner was the sweetest old man, but obviously he had no hope of doing this himself even though he was bonded to the cat. So it worked out well for all.

ETA: Sorry for the cat-sperging but the kitties! I love them so much! ~•~
 
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XYZpdq dijo:
I had somebody who had a baby and their cat was kind of a fighty asshole (even for cats), so I can kinda understand that case. But yeah it's not too cool.

As for letting them out, I'm in Florida so there's plenty of things that can and will kill a cat lurking around every corner, so no. Any time they've gotten out they walk around a little, quickly realize there's no air conditioning, and walk right back in.
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"I'm not going outside! This is Florida fuck that!" - Your cat
 
So basically, some cats are so wild that there is no other option if you want an indoors pet and not an outdoors mouse catching assistant?

I mean, I don't get it why everybody doesn't get one of those ragdoll breed cats that actually like humans and belly rubs.
 
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Spawn dijo:
K who is the AAHA and why the fuck would they support this shit if it's obvious it's so fucked up.
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American Animal Hospital Association. They recently revised their position in declawing, saying they officially oppose and require veterinarians at AAHA hospitals to thoroughly educate pet owners who want to declaw on just what is involved (pointing out it's not just removing the nail, but more like amputating a finger joint). Unfortunately, this education rarely actually happens. The only reason that they'd insist on keeping it legal involves the fact their hospitals can charge a lot of money for the procedure. I've heard a vet can make $40 per claw removed and $1000 for laser removal.
 
Azazel dijo:
American Animal Hospital Association. They recently revised their position in declawing, saying they officially oppose and require veterinarians at AAHA hospitals to thoroughly educate pet owners who want to declaw on just what is involved (pointing out it's not just removing the nail, but more like amputating a finger joint). Unfortunately, this education rarely actually happens. The only reason that they'd insist on keeping it legal involves the fact their hospitals can charge a lot of money for the procedure. I've heard a vet can make $40 per claw removed and $1000 for laser removal.
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So basically the people who are there to help animals are fucking them over for money? Now that's what I call irony.
 
Male Idiot dijo:
So basically, some cats are so wild that there is no other option if you want an indoors pet and not an outdoors mouse catching assistant?

I mean, I don't get it why everybody doesn't get one of those ragdoll breed cats that actually like humans and belly rubs.
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I like those pissy, hissy cats that hate everyone.
 
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