Are You Considering Having Your Cat Declawed ?

If you are considering declawing your cat, please take a minute to educate yourself about this procedure.  This procedure is not a manicure, the cat's claw is not a toenail, it is adhered to the bone.  Declawing is actually amputating the last joint on the cat's toe.  It would be like having your finger cut off at the last joint.  It is an extremely painful surgery and recovery period for the cat.  No wonder it is illegal in most European countries !  

So what happens after the recovery?  Ok so your cat can no longer scratch the furniture.  There are other side effects of the procedure.  The cat can have permanent discomfort in the paws which leads to eliminating outside the litterbox.   Many declawed cats turn to biting since they no longer have their claws as a defense.   What happens after that ?  The cat is usually turned over to Animal Control where it ends up being euthanized.

The following links contain more detailed information about the declawing procedure, please take a minute to read this valuable information.

http://declaw.lisaviolet.com/declawpics.html
http://maxshouse.com/Truth%20About%20Declawing.htm


There are alternatives to declawing.  Trimming the cat's nails, scratching posts or even Soft Paws^®  nail caps are all very good options.  The following site contains good information about cat scratching behavior and solutions.

http://www.catscratching.com/