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Declawing a Cat is no big deal?

Big Fat Evil MYTH

DECLAWING A CAT IS MUTILATION  

You can tell your self any lie you want to but the reality is - you are declawing your cat because of your precious furniture.

Or fear your tiny humans will get hurt. 

Chances are your kid is going to get scratched. 

Hell, I have accidentally scratched a kid!

Your cat may scratch your perfect child because...

•  The kid is a jerk.
• The cat is a jerk.
• The kid scared the cat.
• The cat scared the kid which in turn scared the cat.
• The kid was holding the cat when you turned on the evil vacuum.
• The cat had one to many pulls of the tail.
• The cat is sick.
• The cat is in pain.
• Your kid smells funny.
• Your kid stuck its hand in a cage.
• Your kid stuck its hand in a cage after eating pizza.
• Your cat asked for space but the kid did not understand.
• Your cat asked for space but the parent was busy on the phone and did not tell the kid to back off.
• The cat got freaked out and the kid was in the way.
• The cat got freaked out and the kid looked like a good target.
• The cat jumped out of your kids arms.. Or into your kids arms.
• You have a kitten.( I am not listing reasons kittens scratch. They are kittens. Don't be stupid)

My point.

You all need to learn the proper behaviours. 

If your child was scratching its sibling- you would not rip out its nails.

I am not suggesting you do, are you really that dumb?

I honestly think people believe I am suggesting it's the same thing.

Seriously, I may be crazy but I'm not stupid or evil.

I am simply stating that if this were happening you would have to change the behavior.
You can't just eliminate the nails. 

When thinking about a cat that scratches furniture .. what comes to mind?
Do you think that Fluffy is just pissed off and taking it out on your couch or chair?

Nope.

Kitty uses scratching as a means to stretch, mark its territory, leave its scent, condition its claws, and as a stress reliever.

So again.. no your kitty is not scratching your furniture just to annoy you.. that may just be an added bonus.

An interesting, and sorta fun in an evil mwhahaha sort of way - Sniper Spray Bottle - The idea is to catch the cat scratching something you do not want it to, then from a distance away.. or maybe hiding behind something..you spray it with the water.

Don't be a jackass and use something that has a strong spray - use a water bottle. 
Don't be a jerk and aim for the head - aim for the back or side.
The idea is to startle them, not harm then in any way.

You do not want Fluffy to know you are the source of the evil water.
You want kitty to correlate scratching furniture with mysterious sniper water.

The most difficult part of this is trying not to laugh at your very confused kitty when it looks around the room going WTF? where did that come from????

You have to be vigilant and try to catch Fluffy when ever possible.

While doing this you may also want to provide kitty with a scratching post that is sturdy and tall enough for it to stretch up on.
Maybe buy some catnip spray...same effect, less mess.
You can allow your cat to see you do this.

Cats are not stupid, if the options are -
1. Evil Sniper Water Couch
or
2.Fabulous drug covered scratching post.

Kitty will pick the nip.

Other options

• Removable double sided sticky tape ( test furniture in small spot first to make sure you don't destroy it by trying to save it)
• Sticky Paws - you can find them at most pet food stores. 
• Tinfoil - bonus also stops alien mind control. - You only need to use this for awhile, once the cat stops you can try and remove the tinfoil. 
• Citrus scents - kitty no like. You can use actual things like lemons or orange peals, or maybe one of those car hangy things...technical term...
• Trim your cats nails! Less pointy daggers.  
• SoftPaws - available at most pet food stores. 

Check out cat sites and forums as well - there are hundreds of ideas people have found.

If you are an idiot, jackass, asshat, stupid jerkface who thinks hitting your animal will help change it's behaviour?
I hope your cat pees on your head, then someone who loves the cat removes it from you and keeps it.
HURTING AN ANIMAL TO TRY AND CHANGE A BEHAVIOUR WILL NOT WORK.
Though if you like, I can test the theory on you?

Yelling, swearing, scolding, writing mean stories, posting embarrassing pictures - none of that works either.. Though I will not try and stop you from swearing or posting pictures...
Skip the yelling  - it only scares them and probably makes them want to do the behaviour more.. just not when you are looking. 

You can not say - at all - that you are going to declaw your cat for its benefit.
You can not say that it's is no big deal.

If by chance your cats paw became infected after you had the procedure done..
If by horrible chance your cat lost a limb due to this infection..
How could you look at your cat and think.. well I had to do it?

Image from PETA website. 



In my opinion declawing should be banned. 



Still want to Declaw?
Watch this film.
You owe it to your cat to watch this.
It's not an expose style in your face movie.. It is not meant to shock and horrify you.

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