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Get a dog.
With my work schedule, I don't have time to be fair to a dog. I have time to be fair to a cat since a cat could care less if you live or die. Also, my condo association doesn't allow dogs and they've evicted owners for keeping them.
Considering you do it to yourself daily I can see why you would hate it.What you don't understand, tinydancer, is I don't care about cat owners. I care about the cats.
Like I said earlier in this thread, I once had two cats declawed. It was one of the most shameful things I ever did in my life. I regret it dearly. How self-centered I was.
IDreally wish people who don't like animals with claws would just get gerbils, or something. Not cats.
Of course, it's an entirely different matter to rescue a cat who's already been declawed. Amazing how many of those end up getting dumped off at the local Animal Control center.
Did you spay or neuter?
Okey dokey, let's examine spaying and neutering.
Rip out uterus.Check.
Castrate male
Front claws compared to balls and a uterus considered cruel by a dipshit lib:
Hey, you stupid bitch, I'm not a lib.
There are no residual affects from being spayed and neutered. A female dog spayed before her first estrus may become incontinent and require medication for a lifetime, however, so it might be wise to wait until after she comes into heat the first time before spaying.
A female dog who is spayed has a reduced risk of breast cancer, however.
Here would be a human comparison...a women who has a hysterectomy versus a woman who has all her fingers amputated? NOW which has the most impact?
I hate it when I have to explain things to stupid people.
Thank you for playing and not making me wait a long time to reply. lol
Yes, it was a false generalization. On purpose, to show you the foolishness of comments you made prior. I appreciate your taking in of strays. I got all my cats from the shelter or unwanted by their owners too. Only the last cat was declawed. It has a personality which makes it ill suited to going outdoors and I live in town, so it is strictly an indoor cat. I'd appreciate some consideration that this was the proper way to handle this particular cat. When I'm at home posting, Daisy is usually by my feet getting a pet and purring.
Considering you do it to yourself daily I can see why you would hate it.
Did you spay or neuter?
Okey dokey, let's examine spaying and neutering.
Rip out uterus.
Castrate male
Front claws compared to balls and a uterus considered cruel by a dipshit lib:
Hey, you stupid bitch, I'm not a lib.
There are no residual affects from being spayed and neutered. A female dog spayed before her first estrus may become incontinent and require medication for a lifetime, however, so it might be wise to wait until after she comes into heat the first time before spaying.
A female dog who is spayed has a reduced risk of breast cancer, however.
Here would be a human comparison...a women who has a hysterectomy versus a woman who has all her fingers amputated? NOW which has the most impact?
I hate it when I have to explain things to stupid people.
Considering you do it to yourself daily I can see why you would hate it.Hey, you stupid bitch, I'm not a lib.
There are no residual affects from being spayed and neutered. A female dog spayed before her first estrus may become incontinent and require medication for a lifetime, however, so it might be wise to wait until after she comes into heat the first time before spaying.
A female dog who is spayed has a reduced risk of breast cancer, however.
Here would be a human comparison...a women who has a hysterectomy versus a woman who has all her fingers amputated? NOW which has the most impact?
I hate it when I have to explain things to stupid people.
That's all you have to say? What about my analogy? Why not address that instead of fighting like a woman. Making "catty" little comments. LOL
Don't do it!
It will render your cat defenseless should he get out.
But on the other hand, if you have an animal in your house that destroys your furniture and creates a liability problem, you may as well get a dog.
Not that I have anything against cats, but I suspect that cat people really want a dog anyway but don't want the bother. And they are a big pain in the ass but a whole lot better company and a lot more fun than a cat.
What you don't understand, tinydancer, is I don't care about cat owners. I care about the cats.
Like I said earlier in this thread, I once had two cats declawed. It was one of the most shameful things I ever did in my life. I regret it dearly. How self-centered I was.
IDreally wish people who don't like animals with claws would just get gerbils, or something. Not cats.
Of course, it's an entirely different matter to rescue a cat who's already been declawed. Amazing how many of those end up getting dumped off at the local Animal Control center.
Did you spay or neuter?
Okey dokey, let's examine spaying and neutering.
Rip out uterus.
Castrate male
Front claws compared to balls and a uterus considered cruel by a dipshit lib:
Hey, you stupid bitch, I'm not a lib.
There are no residual affects from being spayed and neutered. A female dog spayed before her first estrus may become incontinent and require medication for a lifetime, however, so it might be wise to wait until after she comes into heat the first time before spaying.
A female dog who is spayed has a reduced risk of breast cancer, however.
Here would be a human comparison...a women who has a hysterectomy versus a woman who has all her fingers amputated? NOW which has the most impact?
I hate it when I have to explain things to stupid people.
My Pyewacket died a couple of years back at almost 21. So I think I can speak as an individual as a good person who has been owned by a cat.
#1 rule never ever insult another cat owner. Why? because all of our lives and our situations are different.
#1 rule shut up that you are a great cat owner we don't want to hear it. if we are bitching it means we really have a problem.
#1 rule always shut up and just try to help any cat owner thru whatever hell they are going thru. because they are hurting.
And the most important rule
#1 don't ever tell me I don't love cats that was the most reviling part of your post. How dare you?
What you don't understand, tinydancer, is I don't care about cat owners. I care about the cats.
Like I said earlier in this thread, I once had two cats declawed. It was one of the most shameful things I ever did in my life. I regret it dearly. How self-centered I was.
IDreally wish people who don't like animals with claws would just get gerbils, or something. Not cats.
Of course, it's an entirely different matter to rescue a cat who's already been declawed. Amazing how many of those end up getting dumped off at the local Animal Control center.
Did you spay or neuter?
Okey dokey, let's examine spaying and neutering.
Rip out uterus.
Castrate male
Front claws compared to balls and a uterus considered cruel by a dipshit lib:
Don't do it!
It will render your cat defenseless should he get out.
But on the other hand, if you have an animal in your house that destroys your furniture and creates a liability problem, you may as well get a dog.
Not that I have anything against cats, but I suspect that cat people really want a dog anyway but don't want the bother. And they are a big pain in the ass but a whole lot better company and a lot more fun than a cat.
What you don't understand, tinydancer, is I don't care about cat owners. I care about the cats.
Like I said earlier in this thread, I once had two cats declawed. It was one of the most shameful things I ever did in my life. I regret it dearly. How self-centered I was.
IDreally wish people who don't like animals with claws would just get gerbils, or something. Not cats.
Of course, it's an entirely different matter to rescue a cat who's already been declawed. Amazing how many of those end up getting dumped off at the local Animal Control center.
Did you spay or neuter?
Okey dokey, let's examine spaying and neutering.
Rip out uterus.
Castrate male
Front claws compared to balls and a uterus considered cruel by a dipshit lib:
Again, they don't use their uterus and their balls to walk and climb. They do use their feet and claws. And there's a purpose to elminating the sexual organs that actually benefits the cats themselves....it makes them healthier.
Not so with removing the claws. It's a purely selfish operation that does affect how they move...for no other reason than the convenience of the owners.
It's right up there with docking tails and ears...except tails and ears aren't weight bearing appendages.
Like I said, people have teh right to mutilate their own animals, they are, after all, animals. But don't pretend it's for the benefit of the animal, because it's not. It's entirely at the caprice of the owner, and actually hinders the cat.
I don't read peta.
I just know animal anatomy, and I know cats, believe me..I've spent lots of time with them, watching them, vetting them, etc.
I don't have any myself, a cat's life is a transitory thing and I don't like to mess with them. But my mom on the other hand....
well yes im a volunteer in a animal shelter and the reason the cats there are mostly cats with claws is because they are outdoor or feral .[What you don't understand, tinydancer, is I don't care about cat owners. I care about the cats.
Like I said earlier in this thread, I once had two cats declawed. It was one of the most shameful things I ever did in my life. I regret it dearly. How self-centered I was.
I really wish people who don't like animals with claws would just get gerbils, or something. Not cats.
Of course, it's an entirely different matter to rescue a cat who's already been declawed. Amazing how many of those end up getting dumped off at the local Animal Control center.
What a crock of shit. The number of clawed cats FAR outweighs the small number of declawed ones in shelters. A person incapable of showing human compassion certainly cannot show it toward an animal and be an emotionally healthy person. That is a fact.
What you don't understand, tinydancer, is I don't care about cat owners. I care about the cats.
Like I said earlier in this thread, I once had two cats declawed. It was one of the most shameful things I ever did in my life. I regret it dearly. How self-centered I was.
IDreally wish people who don't like animals with claws would just get gerbils, or something. Not cats.
Of course, it's an entirely different matter to rescue a cat who's already been declawed. Amazing how many of those end up getting dumped off at the local Animal Control center.
Did you spay or neuter?
Okey dokey, let's examine spaying and neutering.
Rip out uterus.
Castrate male
Front claws compared to balls and a uterus considered cruel by a dipshit lib:
Again, they don't use their uterus and their balls to walk and climb. They do use their feet and claws. And there's a purpose to elminating the sexual organs that actually benefits the cats themselves....it makes them healthier.
Not so with removing the claws. It's a purely selfish operation that does affect how they move...for no other reason than the convenience of the owners.
It's right up there with docking tails and ears...except tails and ears aren't weight bearing appendages.
Like I said, people have teh right to mutilate their own animals, they are, after all, animals. But don't pretend it's for the benefit of the animal, because it's not. It's entirely at the caprice of the owner, and actually hinders the cat.
I don't read peta.
I just know animal anatomy, and I know cats, believe me..I've spent lots of time with them, watching them, vetting them, etc.
I don't have any myself, a cat's life is a transitory thing and I don't like to mess with them. But my mom on the other hand....
I'm extremely familiar with anatomy, I've also had cats for 20 years straight and another 10 years, off and on. None of our cats suffered in any way shape or form from loosing their front claws nor did or do they look "mutilated" and my cats aren't the only ones. We've never had to send them to a kitty shrink or had a prosthesis made and scheduled them for months of physical therapy plus other than cat nip and milk they haven't become substance addicted.
Stop with the emotionally driven bull shit.
I have had cats since i was a teen many years ago
Did you spay or neuter?
Okey dokey, let's examine spaying and neutering.
Rip out uterus.
Castrate male
Front claws compared to balls and a uterus considered cruel by a dipshit lib:
Again, they don't use their uterus and their balls to walk and climb. They do use their feet and claws. And there's a purpose to elminating the sexual organs that actually benefits the cats themselves....it makes them healthier.
Not so with removing the claws. It's a purely selfish operation that does affect how they move...for no other reason than the convenience of the owners.
It's right up there with docking tails and ears...except tails and ears aren't weight bearing appendages.
Like I said, people have teh right to mutilate their own animals, they are, after all, animals. But don't pretend it's for the benefit of the animal, because it's not. It's entirely at the caprice of the owner, and actually hinders the cat.
With all due respect, my cats are indoor beasties. I frankly (with the exception of working cats like barn cats) would never declaw. And when you want to tell me I capriciously might declaw a cat, tell me after you learn my best jammy legged guy Pyewacket made it to almost to 21.
Here's where I have to go, fuck off. You have a cat as your best buddy for almost 21 years longer than most husbands, come back to me.
Now to docking ears and tails, do you understand a hunt and why certain breeds were first docked?
And when you enter my world which is a catahoula world, bear in mind I really really know my shit.
I have had cats since i was a teen many years agoAgain, they don't use their uterus and their balls to walk and climb. They do use their feet and claws. And there's a purpose to elminating the sexual organs that actually benefits the cats themselves....it makes them healthier.
Not so with removing the claws. It's a purely selfish operation that does affect how they move...for no other reason than the convenience of the owners.
It's right up there with docking tails and ears...except tails and ears aren't weight bearing appendages.
Like I said, people have teh right to mutilate their own animals, they are, after all, animals. But don't pretend it's for the benefit of the animal, because it's not. It's entirely at the caprice of the owner, and actually hinders the cat.
With all due respect, my cats are indoor beasties. I frankly (with the exception of working cats like barn cats) would never declaw. And when you want to tell me I capriciously might declaw a cat, tell me after you learn my best jammy legged guy Pyewacket made it to almost to 21.
Here's where I have to go, fuck off. You have a cat as your best buddy for almost 21 years longer than most husbands, come back to me.
Now to docking ears and tails, do you understand a hunt and why certain breeds were first docked?
And when you enter my world which is a catahoula world, bear in mind I really really know my shit.
I have two indoor cats not declawed one is almost 18 years old and weights 21 lbs yes he is *neutered *
the other is a female 4 yes old she is *spayed *
I also have a outdoor cat who was feral lives in the garage and yes he never comes inside and the other two never go out even if I forget to shut the door
Removing a cats claws is like removing your fingers. Cat's need their claws. They use them every day, not just to scratch your furniture. It helps them climb, jump, and play. Without their claws there're almost defenseless and they know it. And don't let anyone tell you removing their claws is painless. Imagine having all your fingernails cut out. A lot of vets will not do the operation. I have not seen any animal welfare groups recommend it.that is the question.
Back in February, I got a new cat to replace my companion of 15 years.
I didn't declaw the old cat because he was sufficiently mellow to where that wasn't an issue.
this new cat, while affectionate, seems to like to use it's claws whenever possible- on the furniture, on me, etc.
I'm reluctant to declaw, but obviously, the damage the animal is doing is going to set me back quite a bit, and there is always the liability if she claws a guest.
