Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: December 22, 2024, 9:30 am
Atheist Forums › Discussion › Off Topic v
What'sa matta, cat got your question?

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
What'sa matta, cat got your question?
Brian37 Offline
RationalPoet
*****
Religious Views: JGH 1933-2017 RIP MOM
Posts: 30726
Threads: 2123
Joined: May 24, 2012
Reputation: 71
#1
What'sa matta, cat got your question?
January 1, 2021 at 6:28 am
Anyone got cats? Why is it a declawed cat, like mine, still rubs/scrapes his paws against surfaces as if to sharpen claws he does not have?
Poetry by Brian37(poems by an atheist) Also on Facebook as BrianJames Rational Poet and Twitter Brianrrs37  I also have a new blog here at https://www.brianjamesrationalpoet.blog
Find
Reply
BrianSoddingBoru4 Offline
Power-Drunk Administrator
*******
Religious Views: Headology
Posts: 46412
Threads: 540
Joined: July 24, 2013
Reputation: 109
#2
RE: What'sa matta, cat got your question?
January 1, 2021 at 6:32 am
Cats don't do that just to sharpen their claws. It's also to mark territory (they have scent glands in their paws) and to stretch their back muscles.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
Find
Reply
onlinebiker Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: cynical S.O.B.
Posts: 9538
Threads: 410
Joined: October 3, 2018
Reputation: 17
#3
RE: What'sa matta, cat got your question?
January 1, 2021 at 7:51 am
Nothing like mutilating an animal for your convenience.....

Why don't you chop his legs off too - so it won't try escaping you?
Find
Reply
zebo-the-fat Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: Atheist
Posts: 3288
Threads: 179
Joined: April 29, 2012
Reputation: 24
#4
RE: What'sa matta, cat got your question?
January 1, 2021 at 7:54 am
Why get a cat then damage it to make it stop behaving like a cat?
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.

Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups

Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!

Find
Reply
BrianSoddingBoru4 Offline
Power-Drunk Administrator
*******
Religious Views: Headology
Posts: 46412
Threads: 540
Joined: July 24, 2013
Reputation: 109
#5
RE: What'sa matta, cat got your question?
January 1, 2021 at 8:08 am
37 and I have gone all round the houses about the advisability of declawing cats. It didn't help.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
Find
Reply
Gawdzilla Sama Offline
Banana Hammer
*****
Religious Views: Rational
Posts: 19881
Threads: 324
Joined: July 31, 2016
Reputation: 34
#6
RE: What'sa matta, cat got your question?
January 1, 2021 at 8:45 am
(January 1, 2021 at 7:54 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Why get a cat then damage it to make it stop behaving like a cat?

Same with spay and neuter.
Find
Reply
Gwaithmir Offline
Tôl acharn!
****
Religious Views: I'm an outspoken atheist and Secular Humanist.
Posts: 3034
Threads: 12
Joined: October 1, 2018
Reputation: 20
#7
RE: What'sa matta, cat got your question?
January 1, 2021 at 9:02 am
I have a cat who is 13 now and still pretty spry for her age. She might be my last cat. I'm going on 73 and don't believe I'll survive past the age of 80. I live alone and would hate to have my cat starve to death or have to be put down after I die.  Tiny Tiger
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
Find
Reply
Brian37 Offline
RationalPoet
*****
Religious Views: JGH 1933-2017 RIP MOM
Posts: 30726
Threads: 2123
Joined: May 24, 2012
Reputation: 71
#8
RE: What'sa matta, cat got your question?
January 1, 2021 at 9:05 am
(January 1, 2021 at 9:02 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: I have a cat who is 13 now and still pretty spry for her age. She might be my last cat. I'm going on 73 and don't believe I'll survive past the age of 80. I live alone and would hate to have my cat starve to death or have to be put down after I die.  Tiny Tiger

Me neither.
Poetry by Brian37(poems by an atheist) Also on Facebook as BrianJames Rational Poet and Twitter Brianrrs37  I also have a new blog here at https://www.brianjamesrationalpoet.blog
Find
Reply
Gawdzilla Sama Offline
Banana Hammer
*****
Religious Views: Rational
Posts: 19881
Threads: 324
Joined: July 31, 2016
Reputation: 34
#9
RE: What'sa matta, cat got your question?
January 1, 2021 at 9:10 am
(January 1, 2021 at 9:02 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: I have a cat who is 13 now and still pretty spry for her age. She might be my last cat. I'm going on 73 and don't believe I'll survive past the age of 80. I live alone and would hate to have my cat starve to death or have to be put down after I die.  Tiny Tiger

Do you a "health and safety check please" sign by your mailbox? My third wife sat dead on our couch for five days (embolism) before I got really scared and asked the hospital staff to call the local police. One of the things they said was "we gave them what seemed to be an appropriate amount of food and filled the water bowls." I checked myself out of the hospital and promised I'd continue physical therapy when I got home.
Find
Reply
arewethereyet Offline
Don't make me use my mom voice!
*******
Religious Views: Yawn...
Posts: 16587
Threads: 128
Joined: July 10, 2013
Reputation: 65
#10
RE: What'sa matta, cat got your question?
January 1, 2021 at 11:54 am
(January 1, 2021 at 8:45 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(January 1, 2021 at 7:54 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Why get a cat then damage it to make it stop behaving like a cat?

Same with spay and neuter.

It's not the same.  Spay and neuter can greatly reduce cancer risks in cats and dogs.

Declawing has no benefit.
[Image: MmQV79M.png]  
                                      
Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Discussion › Off Topic v
What'sa matta, cat got your question?

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  That unofficial cat thread. Brian37 13 1804 October 21, 2023 at 3:40 am
Last Post: zebo-the-fat
  Little green men just got real. ignoramus 87 9990 July 7, 2021 at 4:28 pm
Last Post: vulcanlogician
  What ya got growing this summer? brewer 11 946 June 5, 2021 at 8:25 pm
Last Post: brewer
  Help Making Indoor Cat into Outdoor cat. vulcanlogician 22 2724 May 1, 2021 at 9:54 pm
Last Post: The Architect Of Fate
  Got Plates? onlinebiker 23 2231 June 3, 2020 at 6:32 am
Last Post: Gawdzilla Sama
  Got Gator? onlinebiker 23 2654 May 24, 2020 at 9:15 pm
Last Post: Fireball
  Got gas? onlinebiker 52 5346 April 30, 2020 at 1:15 pm
Last Post: Mr Greene
  My cat is sneezing WinterHold 22 3437 April 26, 2020 at 12:58 pm
Last Post: Gawdzilla Sama
  K-pods, whatcha got? Gawdzilla Sama 4 846 April 12, 2020 at 7:24 am
Last Post: Gawdzilla Sama
  You got to love the US brewer 32 5175 July 13, 2019 at 7:35 pm
Last Post: BrianSoddingBoru4



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)