I feel that declawing is a personal decision and that one has to really think before doing it. That said, I have 2 declawed cats and 16 that are not. Obviously the 2 that are would be the older cats at least 2 of them. The oldest was already extremely shy and the Vet felt that she should not be declawed. I have lots of available scratching surfaces for the others and for the most part they use those. Have you tried to trim her claws? Does she have appropriate scratching places? Have you tried several different kinds of scratching surfaces? Some of mine are content with the firewood that is kept in here for winter fireplace use, and others like the carpeted things. The two that are declawed do not seem to get hurt by the others, nor do they get abused by them, both don't seem to notice the missing claws and will bop the younger ones without a second thought if they bother them and the others know to leave them alone or they will get bopped again. Perhaps if you trimmed her claws, she would not be able to hurt the reptiles either

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