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May 31 09 1:47 PM
foxjumper wrote: I'll be adopting a kitten from a friend who's cat was knocked up and while I wait for him to turn old enough for me to snag, I began thinking about the pros and cons of declawing. When I was younger we had female cats in the house and male cats outside. All of our female cats were from friends or shelters, where as the male cats were strays that hung out. The outside cats were never declawed because my parents felt they needed their weapons to survive, but the inside cats were declawed. When I was older I began reading the pros and cons about declawing and found a lot of the symptoms that go along with declawing seemed to plague our inside cats. When I got my own place and my own cats, I decided to never have them declawed. I never had any problems with shredded furnature. My cat, Klunk, will grab the carpet and pull himself along it while he lays down (he's a bit odd) but thats really all he ever uses his claws for...other than an appropriate slap to a dog thats being too playful. So what're your views on declawing? I know its been banned in some places and certain vets will refuse to do the procedure these days. Do you have declawed cats or do you keep the claws? What're your reasons for it?
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