Pets A to Z

Do Not De-claw Your Cat

Here in the US , domesticed cats  are allowed to be declawed }. But a lot of countries around the world have outlawed this practice , because it is considered inhumane. Here in the US people take this option in order to protect their piece of furniture. As you may know, cats have a leaning to scratch at furniture to keep their claws penetrating in order to capture and eat prey . It is in their inherent aptitude since the domestication of cats.

Now when a cat is declawed, you leave it defenseless. So if it escapes outside, it is vulnerable to its enemies and cannot capture prey to feed itself. Declawing is actually the removal of your cats toe.. The actual removal is painful and I am sure the convalescence is painful also. So what can you do to stop your cat from scratching your furniture? There are several things that can be done:

1. You can train your cat to scratch something else, such as a scratching post. We had a scratching post and put cat nip on it to teach our felines to use the scratching post. In addition, if they slipped up and started scratching the furniture, we would shake a can which had coins in it. This would startle the cats and make them to stop scratching our furniture.

2. You can also have nail caps put on their claws . This is painless and very effective.

3. Trimming of your cats claws on a regular bases will also help your furniture.

4. You can also put double-sided tape on your furniture. This protects your furniture

5. There are also resistive sprays you can purchase from pet stores .

These are some of the things you can do without having your cats declawed.  I am sure there is more, take the time to learn and implement these actions to protect your cat from unneeded surgey.  They never had this problem before the domesticated  themselves.