Cat Declawing

[Leroy]

The New York Times does realize that cats can't fly, right?

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

If you care more about your stuff than the cat, get it declawed. Cat's destroying furniture is akin to dogs pissing in the house (at first at least). It's not a question of if but rather when. If you care more about your cat than a few scratches and what not on your chouch/chair/bedspread/walls/doors, then don't get him declawed...

[Tambourine Man]

Household cats were introduced in North America by European colonists; they are regarded as an invasive species and have few natural enemies to check their numbers. “They are like gypsy moths and kudzu — they cause major ecological disruption,” Dr. Marra said.

I couldn't agree more. Tyrants of the suburbs.

[go birds]

If you care more about your stuff than the cat, get it declawed. Cat's destroying furniture is akin to dogs pissing in the house (at first at least). It's not a question of if but rather when. If you care more about your cat than a few scratches and what not on your chouch/chair/bedspread/walls/doors, then don't get him declawed...

This is not accurate at all. We've had our cat since she was a kitten and she has not clawed a single thing, other than her scratching post.

[Socnorb11]

If you care more about your stuff than the cat, get it declawed. Cat's destroying furniture is akin to dogs pissing in the house (at first at least). It's not a question of if but rather when. If you care more about your cat than a few scratches and what not on your chouch/chair/bedspread/walls/doors, then don't get him declawed...

This is not accurate at all. We've had our cat since she was a kitten and she has not clawed a single thing, other than her scratching post.

Same with our cats. Some cats do tear things up, though.

But I would take exception to AW's contention that getting your cat de-clawed means that you may care so much for your cat. An indoor cat simply doesn't need claws.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I stand by my statement.

I know of one person that got a cat and it is a [expletive] train wreck. It tore up a blanket and a mattress and a wall. All within like 6 months....and all whilst having one of those scratch sticks....what a waste of money that thing was.

So this cat became an outside cat. It has a mudroom attached to the house that it can stay in where it has food and water and shelter and all sorts of toys to tear up. Yet it refuses to tear anything up but the insulation in the wall. Regardless, it's an outside cat because it is an ass hole.

Last night, it was raining and a neighbor cat must have tried to get in the mudroom to share in the shelter or something because I woke up to the most godawful hissing meowing noise ever. So I go check on the cat to make sure a [expletive] python wasn't squeezing the life out of it like it sounded. The cat had obviously just been in a fight and had a few scratches on his face. And there was a boatload of cathair around, mostly from another cat. So. He got to sleep inside in the bedroom because I felt bat for it...for a while. Until he started meowing and would not shut up and was scratching at the matress at 4 AM at which point he promptly went back outside.

I [expletive] hate cats.

[go birds]

No doubt there are cats that claw the [expletive] out if stuff, but to say they all do is inaccurate.

[cards2468]

lol, that's great, beerstrike

My only beef with cats is that I've never met a cat that didn't hate me... well, except for my friend's cat that's half bobcat. It just stalks me and swats at my hands when I'm not looking. Fortunately it's declawed. If it still had claws it would probably be capable of killing people, and if cats had that ability, they most certainly would kill people.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

No doubt there are cats that claw the [expletive] out if stuff, but to say they all do is inaccurate.

100% do it in my experience. And, even if your cat doesn't, this cat does it so much that it brings the average up from 99% scratch to all scratch.

Also, your cat does it to. It just so happens to use its post. Take that thing away and see what happens.

[Socnorb11]

No doubt there are cats that claw the [expletive] out if stuff, but to say they all do is inaccurate.

100% do it in my experience. And, even if your cat doesn't, this cat does it so much that it brings the average up from 99% scratch to all scratch.

Also, your cat does it to. It just so happens to use its post. Take that thing away and see what happens.

I have no post. I have 2 cats. They haven't damaged anything since I've owned them (6 years).

I do agree that that is somewhat unusual, though.