Declawing?
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| Tue, 11-23-2004 - 7:45am |
Twice over the past month when I've been in our local Petsmart I have run into a situation that I really don't know what to do about. In both situations I over heard people talking about declawing other people's cats. The first time it was a boyfriend / girlfriend couple. He was getting a cat and made the comment about needing to go get a scratching post. His girlfriend said "What, you aren't just going to get the thing declawed?" He just looked at her and walked away to the scratching post area. (I think he had it under control).
The second time it upset me more. A woman was looking at some products and asked a sale clerk to bring a vet or vet tech out to help her pick a product out to stop her cat from scratching her Persian rug. The clerk went and got a person from the grooming department who told the lady that if she wanted to save her rug she should just have her cat declawed. That it wouldn't hurt her cat at all. The woman asked the groomer if she had any cats and the groomer said no, just dogs. They both knew I was listening in on their conversation. Rude, I know, but how could an employee every make the recommendation that a cat should 'just be declawed' really upset me.
What would you recommend doing in this situation?

Hi Boone37.
Thanks for telling us a little about your kitties.