And who is going to take care of the cat if the owner isn't
available? In many rural areas the cat will be taken to the pound or
thrown out to take care of himself/herself. This is particularly hard
for older cats. It is a judgment call that must be made with all
factors considered and with the welfare of the cat in the front.
On Aug 26, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Natalie wrote:
I would seriously consider declawing very, very seriously– it is the
most devastating thing for a cat. Knowing what I do, I would be
more heartbroken doing it to a beloved cat than being without the
cat, trust me. I wonder how a cat would feel if
he/she knew that it had a choice between missing the owner or having
their paws mutilated? According to Dr. Nicholas Doddman, who wrote
The Cat that Cried for Help, after declawing surgery, cats feel such
extreme pain that they either climb the walls of the cage or sit
completely morose and cowering in the corner, something that their
owners will never see. I have a copy of an article written for NY
Times Magazine a few years ago, where a woman writes about declawing
her older cat because her mother’s oriental rug was being scratched
up. It is one of my hand-out’s to adopters – the story is
heartbreaking, and very typical. After the hurricane is over, I
will scan it and post it. It is probably the best I’ve read,
without going into the gory details of declawing.
Natalie
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:22 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors
Sorry! This is a 62 email thread in gmail. I don't know how your
email program organizes stuff. Anyway I did not look at the date.
I've seen cats (especially senior cats) mourn their owners literally
to death after being given away, and honestly in that case I'd
rather declaw them. Hopefully I will not need to make that choice.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote:
OMG – you are responding to a post from March……I thought that I was
going crazy and somehow missed a whole thread of talking about
declawing, NOW!
There are also some apartments that allow cats ONLY if they are
declawed…I guess they prefer taking their chances of those cats
peeing everywhere instead of possibly scratching something, and it
would most likely be the tenants’ own furniture!
I would rather give my cat away than declaw it – especially when
it’s an older cat – it’s so much harder on them (not that it isn’t
on young(er) cats).
There needs to be a lot of education on declawing and what the
psychological/emotional and physical effects can take be. We have
had a few abandoned declawed cats, and I have witnessed almost all
of them…..but all the damage had already been done, and what was I
to do – throw them out or kill them? I found some homes that
understood the ramifications and dealt with the problems as well as
they could.
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org
] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 6:45 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Keep Cats Indoors
Because if the owner has to go into the nursing home and is
fortunate enough to find one where they can take their cat, the
nursing home is likely to require declawing.
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote:
That is true, but I don't understand why an old person can't have a
cat with
claws. Dealing mostly with feral cats, I have never been bitten or
scratched - what's the danger, I am 70 yrs old. And as I said,
bites are a
natural defense for declawed cats!
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