New Law Will Make Cat De-clawing Illegal

Hanna
Sat, 13 May 2017 03:01:54 +0000

“They can’t climb to safety if they need to.”

Have you lived with any declawed cats? They can climb almost anything. The only thing they can’t climb as easily is fabric, such as curtains or a clothed human being. They’re fine on trees. I’m watching my parents’ declawed cat reach the ceiling via bookshelf as I type.

They did have one declawed cat (RIP 1996-2015) who developed a corn on a front paw pad a couple of times in his life. These are more common in, though not exclusive to, declawed cats. It looked like a small pebble stuck on the paw pad, but it was growing out of the pad. He did not care for me holding him down and cutting the corn off, but it was about a one-minute process each time and he was good as new. That cat sure wouldn’t have wanted me to hold him down and trim his nails once a week, as I have to do with my natural cat. Some cats are just miserable about people touching their feet.