Australian cats must be different than cats in other parts of the world. I've had many cats over the years and known many cats (I'm also a qualified vet nurse and have been a zookeeper for over 14 years ie I know a little about animals ), and I've never known one to not bury their scats.

Also just an FYI for those that haven't been here long - we've already had this long extended conversation about the pros and cons of declawing cats (that particular discussion also involved the pros and cons of other questionable animal procedures such as trimming dogs ears). We didn't come to a consensus then and we're unlikely to now. As I said before though, my opinion is that many of these procedures are done simply because they are the 'done thing'. Not much thought goes in sometimes - "all our cats have always been done so when we get a new one we do it too" (circumcism anyone?). Then once it becomes an acceptable procedure in someones eyes, their only defense when questioned on their choice, is to become defensive. I just think it's an unnecessary procedure in the majority of cases.

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