To me that makes no sense, I'm really confused. So the previous owner paid let's say 200$ to have the cat declawed only to put it in some animal shelter? And just days later Phil and Kat show up to rescue this exact kitten that has no claws and thus can't destroy Phil's shit.
I really can't buy this shit and I will look deeper into it.
I think I know what Phil is doing, but I obviously can't prove it. He's vague because he knows someone could look into this cat since we have location / name of cat / picture. And if we had proof that he got that fucker declawed people would not be happy.
Potentially unpopular opinion, but I think you're diving in a little too deep. Phil probably lied because, well, he's Phil. I'd be skeptical about Phil making a random remark about the weather because he'd probably find some reason to lie about that. Come to think of it, he does like to insist Seattle is melting when it's around 70 degrees. We don't need to do a deep dive to catch him in yet another lie when there's plenty of video examples of him outright lying. We've already had people getting a little too passionate about the cat, like contacting people who lost a cat to see if Phil stole theirs.
Regarding adopting a declawed cat, I hate to say anything that is remotely supporting Phil, but it's not like it's hard to search for declawed cats put up for adoption. I did a quick google search and the first couple of first page results all had a checkbox for declawed. You can even specifically look for declawed kittens. It sounds like Phil (or more likely Kat) went through a larger agency if Phil says it came from Arkansas or wherever. As for the age of the cat, it could be a case of someone with money to burn investing in a new cat, getting it declawed, and then putting it up for adoption because it didn't work out. Could have been more responsibility than the person wanted, the cat not getting along with existing pets/people, the cat running away etc. I'm sure it is relatively uncommon as far as adoption cases go, but I don't think it is impossible.
The other argument is I have a hard time imagining Phil investing that much time/money into getting the cat declawed and not bitching about it, especially when there's just the simpler option of getting a cat declawed right off the bat. That's generally the Phil approach to everything. That being said, I'm also guessing Khet is the one who has done anything cat care related so it is possible they did get a non declawed cat under the condition Khet gets it declawed. IMO, the only people who would care are us. I can't imagine there's a paypig who is perfectly okay with being scammed out of 2k to look at a cat, but change their tune when they find out Phil declawed the cat. It just feels like we're getting into SoK territory trying to dox a cat of all things. Declawing a cat is pretty awful so I can definitely understand where people are coming from, and it is done entirely by selfish/lazy people like Phil who want a pet but don't want to take time to provide/train/care for it. If Phil is really lying about it, he'll naturally slip up because Phil is a terrible liar.
