| Re: Is declawing wrong??
Thank you guys for all of your input. It will definetely help me make a more informed decision. I am not going to declaw her unless it is absolutely necessary. Someone mentionned above that I should not do it for the convenience/behavior reasons that I gave, but I wanted to let everyone know that she usually wakes me up about 5 times a night because she is stuck on something and can't get free, this happens everytime she scratch anything. I really do not want to declaw her, because around here is it illegal to have a declawed cat outside and we have never had a cat that was not allowed to go outside. We live very far from the road and have hardly any predators at all that eat meat. All we have are moose, deer,rabbits and sometimes we will get a raccoon that was brought up from the city, but they are more like pet themselves, so my cats generally come and go as they want (they never leave the yard, this took like a year of training for each one, and we have never lost an animal to anything outside). I can't imagine her not being able to go out and play, especially since this has been her life for so long.
I will defenitely try the soft paws and I really hope they work. Declawing is only a last resort and we are nowhere near that point yet, but I decided that I should think of this stuff in advance.
Another related question: Is there anything that I should put on her paw when she tears a nail out to reduce the chance of infection??  |