(July 31, 2019 at 2:11 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(July 31, 2019 at 2:06 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I hate to tell anyone reading this here, but there are dog and cat owners that pay to stub the tale. There are dog owners that pay to trim the ears. The only time I would consider that cruel, just like spaying or neutering would be if they didn't put the pet under.
Declawing a cat is no different to me than spaying or neutering a cat or dog. I would consider it cruel if you didn't put them under. I would consider it cruel if you had an outdoor cat and declawed them. Outdoor cats need their claws. Indoor cats do not. Just like indoor cats don't need their penises or vaginas.
You didn't respond...you said your cat will never get out...but he did, didn't he?
Oh my fucking god.
RISK,
No shit. He did get out, but because I fucking pay attention, he never stays out long enough to get into trouble. He even follows me in my house and gets himself locked in bedrooms. It only takes me a minute or so to figure out where he is.
Even that day he followed me out of the van, he stayed near the door I entered in the hotel. That made it far easier to call him and find him. If he were a primary outdoor cat, I wouldn't have had him declawed. But because I knew he was a big baby, even though it scared me, I knew all I had to do was call him and I'd find him.
My declawed cat, is at far lower risk of getting run over by a car or getting into a fight with a wild animal.
You sound like a gun worshiper, "Don't blame responsible claws."
