2014-07-22, 03:51 AM
Sorry but if you can't handle a cat with claws you're clearly not ready to have a cat.
No lasting trauma? It's in a cats nature to have claws, when they run, jump and move around like cats do they rely on their claws for balance and landing. When you remove their claws they lose this entirely and can no longer do what cats would normally do. Hell, declawed cats often end up becoming far more defensive since you know THEY CAN NO LONGER PROPERLY DEFEND THEMSELVES WITHOUT BITING IF THEY FEEL SCARED.
Not to mention that kneading is healthy and something the cat does to enjoy itself.
I have had cats my entire life and we have trained them properly to not scratch furnitures, and guess what the result of that is. They don't scratch our furnitures at all.
Sorry but declawing is disgusting and i'm glad it's classified as animal cruelty here.
No lasting trauma? It's in a cats nature to have claws, when they run, jump and move around like cats do they rely on their claws for balance and landing. When you remove their claws they lose this entirely and can no longer do what cats would normally do. Hell, declawed cats often end up becoming far more defensive since you know THEY CAN NO LONGER PROPERLY DEFEND THEMSELVES WITHOUT BITING IF THEY FEEL SCARED.
Not to mention that kneading is healthy and something the cat does to enjoy itself.
I have had cats my entire life and we have trained them properly to not scratch furnitures, and guess what the result of that is. They don't scratch our furnitures at all.
Sorry but declawing is disgusting and i'm glad it's classified as animal cruelty here.