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To declaw or not to declaw

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Posted by: PhunkyJess2k3 at Wed Jul 14 12:38:05 2004  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PhunkyJess2k3 ]  
   

My husband and I have 3 cats, 2 are older and declawed in the front, the third just turned one year old and still has her claws. My niece adopted this kitty from the "friends of feral felines" and they have lots of standards for the people adopting the kitties, which is good. Not in this case though b/c her Mom lied and said they wouldn't get her declawed and they had other cats, which they didn't. A few months later, the lady had enough of the kitten and asked if we wanted her. OF COURSE WE WANTED HER! Hehe. She's been a great little cat! She's much happier having other cats to play with, but I worry about safety b/c she has her claws and the others do not. I don't want the other cats getting hurt, so far it doesn't seem like it's going in the direction, but I still worry. She stretches on the couch and puts her claws in EVERYTHING... she's ruining the couch, tearing up my carpet and she gets stuck on everything! A lot of times, I have to go over and help get her claw out of something b/c she's stuck to it from scratching. I really want to get her declawed, that way we don't get scratched and neither will the furniture or other animals. I also have to lock her up when the other pets are out, we have a ton of reptiles and the other cats love and respect the lizards and snakes, but this cat immediately starts swatting at them with claws out and that's dangerous for the reptiles and for her b/c they may retaliate. Any suggestions?


   

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