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| Re: [OhDoh] Weakining .... I'll say they get lonely, get this:
Thursday night I arrived in CT and stayed at my brother's house. Well, they are watching over a cat named Mongo that is a very sweet loving cat, however:
They can't let the cat into the main part of the house because the kids are severely allergic to him, their faces get all puffed up and swollen and worse. The cat is the pet of a relative of my brother's wife, and this girl goes off and works on a ship for months on end.
Well, poor big old Mongo is starved for attention. My brother had me stay in the room with Mongo. That cat was on me like flies on poop, "molesting" me all night, claws digging into my face, climbing all over me, splashing drool all over me, and rubbing his wet nose all over my arms. And you know? I love animals so much that I couldn't lose my cool with poor Mongo. It took 4 hours for the feline to calm down and let me sleep. I was a wreck in the morning.
I'd love to have a cat like Mongo, I prefer highly interactive pets that are loving, but I'd have to train him to chill out some.
I now realize, these last few years, that cats CAN be wonderful companions, who knew!?
One of my sister's cats has disappeared just in the last couple of days, and they are moving soon, so we're upset about that, it's also a loving cat.
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| Re: [OhDoh] Weakining .... Thanks for all the feedback. There is no twisting the wife's arm. She is surprised I changed my tune. No effort was needed to get her to come take a look at prospective furry candidates. Even my insistence of wanting a pair went without argument.
We checked out a Humane Society shelter and have committed to taking a pair of "strays" 8-9 weeks old. Seems when strays come in in quantity - its more likely from an unwanted litter, and the people don't want to say so.
The rescue place called them Peanut Butter, and Jelly. We have pretty much decided to rename these girl and boy cats Bonnie, and Clyde. 
They will be fixed, and we pick them up Tuesday. A two for the price of one special too.
I don't know what people here think about declawing,
but I am inclined to want the front claws gone.
Based on their age, next may their birthday and mine will be about the same time.
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1 edit | Re: [OhDoh] Weakining .... Tigger, Tippy, and Midnight were all declawed. I think the were around 8 yrs and did fine. They were all stable temperament before and after.
I submitted:
»www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/declaw.html
And:
»www.geocities.com/declawing/
. . . to snopes.com to see if they had an opinion, about the "Toe Amputation". I respect those that feel strongly about not declawing. Most people opposed, I think, would rescue and love a declawed cat.
The girl at the humane society had both clawed and declawed cats of her own. She claimed she would never choose to have it done, but her's were already done.
We are taking them to our vet for a checkup tomorrow after work.
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| Re: [OhDoh] Weakining .... said by sortofageek  :said by usa2k : I respect those that feel strongly about not declawing. As do I and I feel I have really tried to even go along with those who feel strongly for the past ten years (Bandit is not declawed and he is ten years old). I'm just about ready to give up, though.  I am not thrilled with declawing, but don't get me wrong...sometimes it may be the only solution, and I can understand that.
I think that you have to start when they are kittens, if you are going to have a lot of success not having them claw furniture, which with my kitty, we were able to do, I suspect though that once a cat has the habit of clawing furnishings, it is probably hard to impossible to change.
I do not and would never mean to be "negative" on anyone who may decide that declawing is their best or only option, I had one of my cats declawed when we purchased new furniture...and he had always been one to claw up furniture...and he did tolerate it pretty well, but with a young kitten, I think that it is worth a try to train him/her to use a scratching post/pad.
BTW, cats like to scratch both vertically and horizontally, and some cats prefer one type of surface over another, so different scratching post/pad solutions may be in order.
Crash never really liked the carpet-covered scratchers...but just loves the sissal covered ones! Also, he has several cardboard flat-scratchers, and he uses both...and happily leaves the chairs/couch etc. alone.
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| Re: [OhDoh] Weakining .... Well...better declawed and in a loving home, and I do understand your thoughts on this, but my 2 cents worth?
When we got out current little terror, we fully planned on getting him declawed, as our furnitre was almost brand new, but the folks at the shelter were really aghast over it...
and the more I read up on it, the less I wanted to do this.
Turns out that with a reasonably minor amount of effort, and a willingness to find the kinds of scratching posts that best appealed to him, Crash has never torn up a single piece of furniture in the house, and he is a very rambunctious kitty!
I can, and do understand why someone might opt for declawing, but clipping the claws regularly is very quick, easy, and minimizes clawing issues.
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