[Sca-cooks] (OOP) Declawing

[Elaine Koogler]

Actually, I have a couple that I would consider doing that to....and not
because of torn up cardboard...more because, now that the warm weather's
here, they tend to ignore the fact that I no longer have coverings on my
legs.  You should see the claw marks on my legs!!!

Kiri
----- Original Message -----

> There is a much milder operation available that I rarely hear about,
> unfortunately.
>
> Instead of completely ripping out the cats claws (which IS quite painful
> for the cat, from what the vet told us), they can instead just clip the
> tendon that extends the claws in the first place.
>
> This does leave the cat with claws, but being unable to extend them, it
> limits the amount of damage they can do drastically.  It is apparently
> not a particulary painful or drastic operation, unlike full "declawing".
>
> We haven't had either of these operations done to any of our cats,
> though one of them continues to sorely tempt us...
>
> Signed,
> El Hermoso Dormido - sweeper of shredded cardboard box bits...
>