New Law Will Make Cat De-clawing Illegal

Overtheedge
Thu, 18 May 2017 23:23:58 +0000

After our dog of 14 years died, I bought a new white sofa for the sunroom and linen sofa and chairs for the living room. A few months later, D brought a kitten home that she rescued at college. We chose not to declaw him. Of course his favorite scratching “posts” are the new furniture. He is especially fond of clawing the linen sofa and loves to shed all over the white sofa. I’ve resigned myself to crappy looking furniture. Kitty is so cute.

I didn’t struggle with the decision not to declaw kitty, but I am struggling with keeping him indoors. I know it’s much safer and I really don’t want to lose another animal. On the other hand, he sometimes whines to go outside and tries to slip out the door. He is intrigued by the squirrels that run along the deck railing. One of my vet friends, while acknowledging it’s much safer to keep a cat inside (for the cat and other wildlife), likened it to locking one’s children in the house.
Yes, they’ll be safer indoors, but will they be happy? Not sure what to do.