no u cant change your mind. plus did you know they have to remove the first joint in order to fully remove the claw. they have laser procedures now but i really dont see how it would be much better.
Now my feelings on that is yes it is inhumane, but at the time I didnt see anyother option. I was living in an apartment and my cats were scratching up and destroying the carpets. My landlord was getting really pissed and said if I didnt get them removed I would have to get rid of them. I thought long and hard about in and in the end decided to keep the cats and get them declawed. At this point they were already full grown and I figured it would be more 'humane' to get them declawed but provide them with a caring wonderful home than not get them declawed and give them up to be adopted where as cats and not kittens they had a great chance of not getting adopted and put to sleep.
That being said I still allowed my cats to go out, which most advised against because the cats wont be able to defend themselves. All those people apparently havent met Puss(male), he's a regular bad ass assassin cat! First him and his brother (Bojangles) have killed every grasshopper in the area around my house that I havent seen a grasshopper in two years! Two years ago my front porch looked like a grasshopper war had taken place, those two brought every grasshopper in the couple blocks they travel back to my place to play with and eventually kill.
Now more about Puss- he's THE assassin. This boy catches rabbits, bunnies, birds, mice, rats, small foxes....seriously everything. The truly amazing thing is he has no front claws AND two years ago he broke his jaw, and it healed dislocated so that he's tongue is always sticking out. He still brings me a 'treat' almost everyday.
I didnt read all the above posts so i hope im not being repetitive but if i got my cats declawed and they got outside somehow I would never forgive myself bc i would know they wouldnt live long without being able to defend themselves.
Declawing is torture. It's like taking a baby and cutting his fingers off. Is that not cruel?
If you are so protective of your furniture there are other alternatives to this. One is providing the cat with a scratching post. (esp where ever they like to nap. Cats scratch things usually afterwards.) You can even make a DIY one instead of paying a ridiculous price for a post w/rope on it, too. A second option is buying a spray called 'NO' to spray on furniture, curtains, etc. Cats can smell this but people cannot.
It also can be very harmful to their backs. Cats walks on the toes and when we declaw them they have to change their stance up quite a bit which in turn 'can' have bad results to their spines.
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Now my feelings on that is yes it is inhumane, but at the time I didnt see anyother option. I was living in an apartment and my cats were scratching up and destroying the carpets. My landlord was getting really pissed and said if I didnt get them removed I would have to get rid of them. I thought long and hard about in and in the end decided to keep the cats and get them declawed. At this point they were already full grown and I figured it would be more 'humane' to get them declawed but provide them with a caring wonderful home than not get them declawed and give them up to be adopted where as cats and not kittens they had a great chance of not getting adopted and put to sleep.
That being said I still allowed my cats to go out, which most advised against because the cats wont be able to defend themselves. All those people apparently havent met Puss(male), he's a regular bad ass assassin cat! First him and his brother (Bojangles) have killed every grasshopper in the area around my house that I havent seen a grasshopper in two years! Two years ago my front porch looked like a grasshopper war had taken place, those two brought every grasshopper in the couple blocks they travel back to my place to play with and eventually kill.
Now more about Puss- he's THE assassin. This boy catches rabbits, bunnies, birds, mice, rats, small foxes....seriously everything. The truly amazing thing is he has no front claws AND two years ago he broke his jaw, and it healed dislocated so that he's tongue is always sticking out. He still brings me a 'treat' almost everyday.
If you are so protective of your furniture there are other alternatives to this. One is providing the cat with a scratching post. (esp where ever they like to nap. Cats scratch things usually afterwards.) You can even make a DIY one instead of paying a ridiculous price for a post w/rope on it, too. A second option is buying a spray called 'NO' to spray on furniture, curtains, etc. Cats can smell this but people cannot.
i agree. declawing is a horrible procedrere