Against Declawing Cats
Declawing cats is a surgery that has been done by cat owners for years. There are many arguments on what’s right and wrong about declawing a cat. Declawing causes extreme pain and leaves cats hopeless to defending themselves; keeping their claws is good for their health.
Declawing a cat causes excruciating pain. When an owner takes a cat for the declawing surgery they don’t realize what the cat is about to go through. In order to remove cats claws they break the first knuckles of the two front feet, it is rare for a cat to get its back claws removed. There are other ways to “declaw” but they still cause pain for example: “An alternative surgical procedure sometimes performed involves cutting the tendons that control the extension and retraction of the claws” (Davis, Karen 242). Karen also states that surgery can be traumatic and makes it hard for some cats to adjust to life without their claws (243). After surgery, it takes few weeks for …show more content…
Keeping their claws is good muscle exercise for the paws when they do kneading to get comfy, the kneading also helps with putting them to sleep and keeping them calmer. Cats claws serve more of a purpose then they seem for example; “The act of scratching is important for the psychological and physical health of the cat” (Krieger, Marilyn 61). Marilyn also states that they scratch to mark territory, relieve stress and for stretching (61). Although scratching drives an owner insane because they ruin everything they put their claws on its very good for them to claw things, it’s a need for them. They do it to freshen up their nails and keep them sharp like licking they are grooming the claws. There are other options to consider to stop a cat from clawing furniture besides declawing them; the owner could teach them by spraying them with water every time they claw or to provide the cat with a scratching post placed close to the object they like to scratch the
Declawing cats is a surgery that has been done by cat owners for years. There are many arguments on what’s right and wrong about declawing a cat. Declawing causes extreme pain and leaves cats hopeless to defending themselves; keeping their claws is good for their health.
Declawing a cat causes excruciating pain. When an owner takes a cat for the declawing surgery they don’t realize what the cat is about to go through. In order to remove cats claws they break the first knuckles of the two front feet, it is rare for a cat to get its back claws removed. There are other ways to “declaw” but they still cause pain for example: “An alternative surgical procedure sometimes performed involves cutting the tendons that control the extension and retraction of the claws” (Davis, Karen 242). Karen also states that surgery can be traumatic and makes it hard for some cats to adjust to life without their claws (243). After surgery, it takes few weeks for …show more content…
Keeping their claws is good muscle exercise for the paws when they do kneading to get comfy, the kneading also helps with putting them to sleep and keeping them calmer. Cats claws serve more of a purpose then they seem for example; “The act of scratching is important for the psychological and physical health of the cat” (Krieger, Marilyn 61). Marilyn also states that they scratch to mark territory, relieve stress and for stretching (61). Although scratching drives an owner insane because they ruin everything they put their claws on its very good for them to claw things, it’s a need for them. They do it to freshen up their nails and keep them sharp like licking they are grooming the claws. There are other options to consider to stop a cat from clawing furniture besides declawing them; the owner could teach them by spraying them with water every time they claw or to provide the cat with a scratching post placed close to the object they like to scratch the