Why do people wig out when you mention "de-clawing" when talking about...

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...cats? I have had ALL my cats de-clawed. I have had all my cats de-clawed, not to mention neutered/spayed(depending on the sex). They were all indoor cats. I don't want them clawing or inadverntanly scratching me or anyone else in my family or other spots where they are not supposed to claw. The vet makes sure they are under anestetic and all that stuff. It never has affected any of them. I mean really people???

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Well declawing in cats is like cutting off your fingers at your middle knuckles. Actually it is a very cruel thing to do. I wish more vets would explain this, to their patients before it is done. Everyone should realize it is more of an amputation than a fingernail removal.
 
It is definitely a touchy subject for people. I grew up with between 5 and 7 cats at all times and many of them were declawed. One of my cats had such bad skin allergies, she had to have her claws removed because she was scratching so hard she was going bald and making her skin bleed.
Anyways, there is a new great invention for people who don't want to get their cat declawed but have a problem with their cat ruining furniture or scratching too hard:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2754502&cp=2767033.2768978&fbn=Taxonomy%7CGrooming&fbc=1&clickid=topnav_dropdown1_link8&parentPage=family&keepsr=1

I don't see a problem with it as long as the cat does not go outside and the owner is responsible enough to make sure it doesn't get outside.
 
I have no clue why. My Boo Boo Kitty is spayed and declawed and has been since she was old enough! It was a choice between declawing her or getting rid of her. Some people just have nothing better to do but bitch about stuff that most of them know nothing about!!
 
It might be because if the cats just happen to get outside somehow, they can't really defend themselves when they're de-clawed. At least, that's what I was told(don't remember who told me. It was a while ago).
 
Well, alot of people find declawing a very harmfull thing for cats. I personally have two cats that are declawed, but they came to me that way. If I were to ever get another cat that had claws, I wouldn't get them declawed.

The process of declawing involves removing not only the cats claws, but it also includes removing the first joint of the cat's "fingers". So, that would be like chopping off the top part of your finger up to the first part that it bends at.... not too fun.

Furthermore, if the procedure is done incorrectly, bone fragments can remaine in the cats paw, which can regrow and cause serious pain, infection, ambulation problems, etc.. one of my cats has had this problem already and the soulution was to go in for another surgery to remove all of the bone fragments... now fun or cheap either.

It's really a terrible thing, and now that I am more educated on the procedure I would never put another animal through this literal torutre again.
 
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