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jwhouk:
Did a little more visiting today. Good thing; I'd put the wrong phone number down for one of my references.
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By the way - there are several reasons why we haven't gotten her yet:
* There have been issues with pet adoptions in the area in recent years, because of cases of animal abuse (sadly).
* The MCHS is understaffed, and (on top of that) they area also facing huge budget cuts; they're slated to lose their funding from the county for cat sheltering in 2016.
* Before we can take her home, she has to get her shots, spayed, declawed and chipped. That will take a while, too.
Kugai:
You're declawing your Cat??!!! :-o :-o :-o
Bastet will haunt you for the rest of your days.
Redball:
Clara and I had several cats declawed. Our daughter finally talked us out of it. Instead, we developed a routine: We set out scratching boards, in this case the corrugated cardboard pads, edge up, in the living room, and taught the cats to scratch before we tossed them a treat. The result is that the furniture has stayed mostly intact.
nekowafer:
I've had no problems with my one still-clawed cat torturing any furniture. As long as he has a big scratching post and those cardboard scratching things, he's perfectly happy. My other cat was declawed (front only) before I adopted him and his toes are very obviously malformed. His front paws are much smaller than the clawed cat, they're sensitive, and he can't protect himself as well, should he come up against something bigger than him.
I am very against declawing. You're basically removing the cats finger nails. But that's all I'll say on the subject, as this isn't DISCUSS.
jwhouk:
Front ones only. She's not going to be going outside.
EDIT: We'll agree to disagree. I understand both sides of the argument. My wife actually wanted all four, and I tried to explain to her it wasn't going to happen.
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