Declawing Cats. Why You Should Never Do It.

Reazons why you should never do it.

Why you should never declaw your cat

Via awesomecatscratchers.com

Some owners declaw their cats (banned in most countries) to stop them scratching furniture. This is a painful surgery. Most people strongly disagree with declawing.

Here are some of the reasons:

-Declawing a cat is the equivalent of cutting a person’s fingers off at the first knuckle;

-Clawing is a healthy, and important behavior;

-Claws are a cat’s first line of defense;

-Declawed cats often become more aggressive;

-Pain continues even after surgery;

-Declawed cats are more likely to go outside the litter box;

-Declawed cats have to relearn how to walk.

It's painful and unnecessary. Also consider that cost of declawing a cat will be around 350$! Besides, cats get a great pleasure from scratching, and declawing deprives them of that pleasure. There are many alternative methods than declawing.

You cannot stop your cat scratching, it is perfectly normal behavior. The best tactic - do not try to stop your cat, but instead teach him where and what to scratch. Give him some attractive items, for example scratching posts or special houses with scratching posts.