I think it is better on the cat at a young age.

My cats have all of their claws still. They are pretty good about not clawing stuff as long as their claws are kept trimmed.

 

my two cats had tendonectomy's... so the claws are still there and still grow (you need to trim them), but they can't retract them and use them to scratch anymore. recovery time was about a week, and it was pretty expensive.

 

yeah my wife didn't want to do it and I'm glad we didn't now. We just bought two posts and its like the cats knew exactly what to do, they almost never claw anyyhing else. I can't imagine they would be nearly as fun without their claws.

 

I inherited a de-clawed cat from my ex room mate. She was fucking up her furniture at the time, so off they went. She still scratches at the scratching posts. When she does, I scratch the post with her, so at least she can hear the sound. :hs:

We have two other cats that still have their claws. Little Miss is the oldest and still kicks the shit out of the other two. And no.... she doesn't scratch using her back legs. Her legs are actually stronger, since she has to do more leaping into the top of the cat tree, where the other two climb with their nails.

I think it's lame to do it, but I understand.

 

if i had a cat... i'd buy those nail cover things.

 

also, make sure if you do get your cats declawed, or if you get them a tendonectomy, that you do it to all your cats, and that they are indoor cats only. otherwise, they're not gonna be able to defend themselves in fights.

 

With the declawing, they don't use a knife anymore, they use a laser. It takes about 2-3 days for them to heal. If you an indoor cat then i recommend it, but only the fronts. I would leave the rears in just in case they ever do get out.

 

Would consider on a troublesome indoor only cat who wont respond to scratch posts.. other than that, nada.

 

:werd:....im pretty sure they still do it with the knife or whatever.....but laser is the way to go......my cat wasn't bothered at all...just a lil sore for a couple of days then she was back to normal

I left the rear claws on my cat too...just incase she ever had to defend herself

 

My cat was far more pissed about being neutered than being declawed.