Regarding declawing and my perspective. First, decades ago there was a cat that was going to be put down and my SIL took her in. She was so viscious they declawed her. Did it help? Well honestly the problem remained almost the same. The difference is she wouldn't be put down. She couldn't lash out with her nails at least..So they kept her. So in that case I guess it was warranted, but that's a rare case imo.
We had some cats growing up. There was no informative dialog about declawing like there is today. Still, in my mind I thought this was outrageous to do unless under very specific circumstances.
Now the full story comes out about how they actually declaw cats.. Backtracking now to my original view. I thought how can you cut nails out of an animal which is part of their instinctual nature to have nails for a number of reasons and to defend themselves. They are taking away their sense of self. Unless medically necessary I wouldn't want any part of me removed and likewise that should hold true for an animal.
I was a teen back then and I liked animals but not like I do now and even back then this made no sense to me. I knew there was something very wrong with this practice yet vets performed it and to this day they still do and what bothers me is that they don't always inform people of the complete ramifications of the declawing procedure, medically and mentally.
We had some cats growing up. There was no informative dialog about declawing like there is today. Still, in my mind I thought this was outrageous to do unless under very specific circumstances.
Now the full story comes out about how they actually declaw cats.. Backtracking now to my original view. I thought how can you cut nails out of an animal which is part of their instinctual nature to have nails for a number of reasons and to defend themselves. They are taking away their sense of self. Unless medically necessary I wouldn't want any part of me removed and likewise that should hold true for an animal.
I was a teen back then and I liked animals but not like I do now and even back then this made no sense to me. I knew there was something very wrong with this practice yet vets performed it and to this day they still do and what bothers me is that they don't always inform people of the complete ramifications of the declawing procedure, medically and mentally.
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