Years ago, declawing was the standard to prevent a cat from tearing up your furniture. However, due to the nature in which this process destroys your cat’s toes, it is the standard of our cattery to not adopt to anyone who has intentions to declaw. There are several other methods to prevent those sharp claws from tearing your furniture and your skin to pieces. Please educate yourself on the process of declawing. The cat’s claw is not a nail as you think of when you see human fingernails. It is, instead, a part of the last bone in the cat’s toe.
Declawing is amputating your cat’s toe up to that first joint. It would be like someone cutting off all of your fingertips, except it’s worse for cats as they use the bone more than humans do. They use their claws to balance and have to learn to walk all over again. This can add pain and frustration to your cat.
Declawing a cat can make it become more aggressive. It feels pain and has no defenses which can increases biting and other behavioral problems, such as urinating and defecating outside the litterbox.
For more information, please visit this website and read it thoroughly if you plan to ever declaw any cat: http://Declawing.com and The Truth About Declawing – Technical Facts About Declawing. We welcome questions regarding declawing and would love to help any cat owners find alternative ways to protect your furniture that doesn’t result in mutilation of your animals.