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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Cats and Declawing
Message-ID: <516@osiris.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 09:12:10 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  6 09:12:10 1985
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> My cat was recently declawed.
> His personality has become much more low key.
> Is this normal or is he just neurotic?
> He is a year old and we have had him
> for two months.
> 
> Thanks for your experiences.
> 
> crbx

	Might be simply a result of the surgery. Until our male cat was
neutered, we couldn't let him in the bedroom to sleep with us as he
would run up and down the covers, jump on our heads, chew on our feet,
etc. After he came home from the vet, we took pity on him and he was much
more subdued.
	Let me take this opportunity to make yet another pitch for getting
your pets spayed or neutered. This is so important that I can't believe
people argue that it is cruel and unnatural. Having umpteen kittens is
natural too, but having half of them end up being destroyed at the animal
shelter most definitely isn't. Last year the Montgomery County animal
shelter destroyed 7000 animals that they could not find homes for. This is
a disgrace. One employee mentioned that some parents want one littler of
puppies or kittens so that their kids can see "the miracle of life", etc.
The employee's response was that she's like to have them all come in and
witness the tragedy of death for all those animals not lucky enough to have
good homes.

-- 
jcpatilla

"At night, the ice weasels come."