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From: gallagher@nimbus.DEC (Donna M. Gallagher  MRO3-2/H7  DTN:  231-2372)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: DECLAWING CATS
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Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 20:00:19 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 31 20:00:19 1985
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I have two cats who were destroying my house.  I tried the scratching post 
route, spraying water at them, everything.  They would scratch on all my 
furniture, the molding on my walls, my wooden steps.  I found that I was 
yelling at them more and more and really beginning to dislike them.  I'm 
sure they could feel this.  (They are both indoor cats).  I decided to have 
them declawed.  It was the best thing I could have ever done!!!!   They 
still scratch at my "new" furniture but never leave a mark!!!  They are 
happy contented cats!!!  They still knead, still feel they have their 
claws, but they don't!!!  They were at the vets together for three days 
only, no bleeding or obvious discomfort.  I had to use shredded newspaper 
instead of sand..............this was the biggest problem.  I was afraid 
one of the cats was going to get a bladder infection because he would not 
use the newspaper.  I had to force him in the box continuously and 
eventually he did urinate (and for quite a while I might add).  
 
But as far as declawing my cats.........it was the best thing for me and 
for the cats as far as I'm concerned.  May I stress these are indoor cats.
One of the cats was 5 years old, the other about a year.  Neither one bites 
either.
 
Donna
 
(first time "writer" of the net)