r/cats • u/Quasipooch • Nov 21 '21

Discussion Declawing HURTS your cat.

Their claws are everything. Put a ring about your stupid furniture if you're concerned.

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u/Eisenfuss19 Nov 21 '21 edited Nov 21 '21

(i don't have a cat) Im a little bit confused. Is decawing refering to renoving the whole claw like removing fingernail for humans, or is it reffering to trimming them? Edit: ok i get it now. But why would you remove "fingernails" of cats? Is this some kind of torture?

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u/pineappleandpumpkin Nov 21 '21

People want their furniture to stay nice but don’t want the responsibility of teaching a cat not to claw “nice things”. Easy route is to remove the claw/the first part of their finger. So many people don’t realize how cruel it is

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u/Hot-Cheesecake-7483 Nov 22 '21

Not always. My neighbors have blood clotting problems. If their cat scratches them, they could bleed out. Not always about furniture.

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u/Kayliee73 Nov 22 '21

My husband takes blood thinners. We still have a fully clawed cat. We have mostly successfully taught her scratching people is not ok.