Wat do? C-A-T plzz ;.;

[Xx{Fallen}xX]

Re: Wat do? C-A-T plzz ;.;

You should find out if its litter trained, its not very hard to train it yourself though. Just introduce the cat to the litter and his/her instincts to bury its poo should take over, just be patient.

[Charu]

Re: Wat do? C-A-T plzz ;.;

Noted, sir. Learn by mistakes, as they say.

[devonin]

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Noted, sir. Learn by mistakes, as they say.

I more meant Zeldagurl, she's used the terms if not interchangably, at least ambiguously, which is part of why people latched onto the 'Don't declaw the cat' bandwagon.

If the idea of your furniture getting clawed up while you are still training the cat to not do that is seriously a problem (And I guess if you have 30,000 dollars worth of living room furniture it is) the best answer quickly becomes 'Don't get a cat then'

[Kibblre]

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WOW DO ANY OF YOU KNOW HOW TO READ?!?!

I asked for suggestions for an undeclawed cat.

It's only 6 months, so you have to get it used to what it can and can't scratch. Get it scratching posts/planks and try to give it incentive to use that and make sure you let it know that scratching anything else is bad. It's also good to learn how to trim a cats claws. You'll first want it to get used to you touching its paws, so do that as much as you can. Then later down the road when you trim its claws, it doesn't get agitated when you hold its paws.

Already did.

[Dynam0]

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On the whole "de-clawing is bad thing", my family cat is de-clawed and there's been no problems, we only let her outside when we plan on watching her the whole time. My sister is a vet who cares a lot about animals, I'm pretty sure she would not have de-clawed her cat (only removed front claws) if it was so detrimental to his health.

Anyway..pretty much what smitty said, get the front claws removed if you think you'll run into problems while training it. Losing a bunch of expensive furniture isn't the same as a puppy randomly crapping on your rug. If you're okay with having their ability to reproduce removed, having the front claws removed is no big deal.

[Kibblre]

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Dynam0, it's possible that the older the cat gets the more pain it'll have from the declawing. The problem with cats is that their instinct is to hide pain because they don't want to appear weak to predators. If your cat is hurting, you'll never know it.

[Izzy]

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On the whole "de-clawing is bad thing", my family cat is de-clawed and there's been no problems, we only let her outside when we plan on watching her the whole time. My sister is a vet who cares a lot about animals, I'm pretty sure she would not have de-clawed her cat (only removed front claws) if it was so detrimental to his health.

It's probably more of a problem for their morale then their physical health. So the younger they are the less likely they would be as bothered by it.

We didn't declaw any of our 3 cats. It's not to hard to discipline them to only scratch certain things.

[devonin]

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And it's been my experience that declawed cats are also a lot more bitey.

[RagedBerserker]

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Train your cat to poo in the toilet. That's what my parents did with ours...

[Cavernio]

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I don't understand how a surgery to declaw a cat will affect in any big way unless it's roaming around outside. Are there studies showing that the cat will be in pain when declawed? People get ingrown nails removed as adults without forever living in pain. I just wonder how much the animal itself actually cares that it doesn't have claws.
I suppose it's reason enough to not want to mutilate your pet, but I rather think of the idea of even owning a pet cat is more cruel than the idea of declawing it.

My friend's old declawed cat used their un-declawed hind claws to scratch people when it wanted to.

[Zeldagurlfan1]

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Yeah i heard declawing actually causes a lot of pain after the sugery is done. I wouldnt wanna put any cat through that. if its already declawed itd honestly be a bonus, but i asked and shes not, so i think im gunna have to buy some plastic couch covers for the furniture, which i dont mind at all.

so as for supplied, that cat is litterbox trained, ill need a scratching post, a toy,a dn a collar hopefully itll like it because i bought a really pretty one <3 food and water bowls... dollarama pretty ,much has everything right down to the litter. i guess its just the food then..

[Zeldagurlfan1]

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WISH ME LUCK IM GOING TO GET THE KITTY CAT I HOPE MY PARENTS DON'T KICK ME OUT. lol that was the threat for me to not get a cat. oh and ill need a leash cause i wanna take her for walks :3

[devonin]

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I don't understand how a surgery to declaw a cat will affect in any big way unless it's roaming around outside. Are there studies showing that the cat will be in pain when declawed? People get ingrown nails removed as adults without forever living in pain. I just wonder how much the animal itself actually cares that it doesn't have claws.
I suppose it's reason enough to not want to mutilate your pet, but I rather think of the idea of even owning a pet cat is more cruel than the idea of declawing it.

My friend's old declawed cat used their un-declawed hind claws to scratch people when it wanted to.

Declawing a cat maps onto humans as chopping all your fingers off at the top knuckle. It is not like removing your fingernails.

[Dynam0]

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And it's been my experience that declawed cats are also a lot more bitey.

As far as academic journals go, this is about a 50:50 issue. The same is the case with cats having phantom pains when they get older, though there really isn't any way to tell if the cat is experiencing minor pain anyway.

I suppose the last resort should be declawing if you're having trouble training the cat. I wouldn't have the claw/no claw issue prevent me from keeping a cat though. I agree with Cavernio, the fact that you're confining an animal in a house is more cruel than removing it's fingertips imo

Good luck zelda ^_^

[Litodude]

Re: Wat do? C-A-T plzz ;.;

you damn right i killed them then in that scenario.

lmfaooooooooooo