^ yikes! daring kitty!
We had Coco neutered and declawed when he was 5 or six months old so he's not climbing draperies and scratching up the furniture anymore. He was actually doing pretty well but he hates to be brushed and with his long, long fur it was impossible to keep him matt free without needing first aid for yourself.....so the declawing was imperative. Now it's so much fun to play "pretend mouse" under the blanket cuz when he tries to grab you don't get hurt. And we don't have to reprimand him for scratching either......
you declawed him??? i'm sad :*(
muzna, why didn't you guys just trim his nails or get him a scratching post?
you know declawing him means removing the last joint of his toes, right? its basically mutilation... its probably also why he's so gentle now - it messes with cats' heads too since not having claws and not scratching is the opposite of their instinctive behaviour and they kind of go loopy once that is removed entirely.
sorry, i'm not picking a fight- i'm just really anti-declawing in cats and i'm wondering why you would choose something so extreme....?