On Dec 21, 2007 2:09 PM, Dave l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The studies you refer to are on adult cats, in which case I agree that > declawing is not the right thing to do. It is painful and once a cat > understands the uses of it's claws (scratching, fighting, etc..) it can cause > behavioral issues. > > However on younger kittens it isn't much of an issue at all.
You are *completely* and utterly wrong. Declawing is an extremely cruel and unnecessary surgical procedure and it tends to cause cats to bite because they no longer have any other way to "defend" themselves. Most cat fancy organizations either *prohibit* declawing or strongly discourage it. Declawing is essentially amputation of the end of the cat's "fingers". There are *occasionally* - rarely - medical reasons where amputating a claw/toe is appropriate and in *extremely rare* circumstances it may be necessary for behavioral reasons (but see the caveat above about biting). > being that I have personally declawed hundreds of cats in my day ??? Please explain ??? I don't know anyone - even fully qualified vets - that have declawed "hundreds" of cats. -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248906 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
