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3. If you clip Cats nails Yourself

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue May 2, 2017, 03:42 PM

May 2017

From when they are kittens, no problem. Declawe them to save furniture? My daughter has a polydactile Cat and her nails curve. Declare just for that? She also feeds strays of same family which she has captured and neutered. Do they scratch her? No, because they trust her.

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Bill would make New York first state to ban declawing of cats [View all] demmiblue May 2017 OP

Does that include Cats with deformed claws? Wolf Frankula May 2017 #1

There is a therapeutic exception in the bill meow2u3 May 2017 #8

Interesting. I remember when NY had a law against abortion. marybourg May 2017 #19

I'm afraid this could also cause otherwise salvageable marybourg May 2017 #2

If you clip Cats nails Yourself HockeyMom May 2017 #3

I clip my two cats claws myself too. Archae May 2017 #5

Cats bite? I thought all they did was scratch? Blue_Tires May 2017 #16

Oh, they can bite all right! Archae May 2017 #17

i have a scar on my nose from... samnsara May 2017 #27

Declawed Cats RobinA May 2017 #25

As a Cat Parent That Had A Lovely Declawed Cat and a Proud Pet Parent of A Clawed Cat LovingA2andMI May 2017 #4

Oh this thread is going to be epic snooper2 May 2017 #6

Declawing cats is extremely cruel Ghost Dog May 2017 #7

Meow shenmue May 2017 #9

How about the circumcision of pitbulls? Coventina May 2017 #10

I fear that if you take this away as an option that some people might simply get rid of their cats cstanleytech May 2017 #11

What's next? Requiring all humans to have tuna at the ready? Yavin4 May 2017 #12

Good, it's a horrible thing to do to a cat Warpy May 2017 #13

People are going to have to drive over the border to declaw their cats? HoneyBadger May 2017 #14

I trim my 3 indoor cat's claws Bayard May 2017 #15

Sadly there are times when declawing is the only option Thekaspervote May 2017 #18

"Well-adjusted and happy"? Really? Ghost Dog May 2017 #20

Yes, Thekaspervote May 2017 #22

All right. Yours would be a valid exceptional case, Ghost Dog May 2017 #29

All but one of my cats have been declawed. Only one SharonAnn May 2017 #21

Our cat is declawed. Inkfreak May 2017 #23

I hope they have an education outreach through vets to show people how to clip their nails. Dogs too JudyM May 2017 #24

I have two cats and I'm anti-declawing shanti May 2017 #31

You could give it a try. JudyM May 2017 #32

We tried trimming our dog's nails. Hassin Bin Sober May 2017 #35

Poor thing! JudyM May 2017 #36

Awesome leftynyc May 2017 #26

I dismayed that a veterinary association would support such cruelty. procon May 2017 #28

You hit the nail on the head! hamsterjill May 2017 #34

Good, it's needless cruelty. Spider Jerusalem May 2017 #30

As a cat rescuer, I applaud this! hamsterjill May 2017 #33