Amen to that!

Well, I can see the can of worms has been opened, but I hope your kit
is feeling OK. Lots of pets, ear pulls, and gum rubs may help.

Nice, some scumbag mutilated your other can before you got her so because of
that your new kitty has to suffer the same fate.

Yes, it is despicable.  Many years ago, I almost inflicted this abomination
on my first cat.  I did not realize what was actually involved in
declawing -- I knew it was more than "trimming" claws, but I envisioned it
like removing the roots of the claws (something I could understand because I
actually had to have the out edge of the roots of my large toenails removed,
and that is something that now can hardly even be seen).  Well, it is *much*
worse than that, and I am grateful that I did not go through with the
procedure.  It was really luck that I didn't because that was long before we
had the Internet (in fact, it was before computers even existed), and no one
talked to me about amputation.  Ironically, I later realized that it wasn't
even necessary because all of my cats (including that first one) were easily
trained to use scratching posts.  Years later, I adopted a cat that had been
declawed on *all four paws.*  Her original owners (that's the only term to
use in this case) were going to put her outside -- even though they had
removed her claws -- unless they found someone else to adopt her (and that's
where I entered the picture).  She adjusted remarkably well without her
claws, but I could always see a big difference in coordination and
confidence when I compared her to my other cats.  I do think that many
people have their cats declawed without having any awareness of what the
procedure involves -- just as I came close to doing.  That is far more
understandable to me than people who *do* know that the procedure involves
and yet go ahead with it anyway.

MaryL

Photos of Duffy and Holly:      >'o'<
Duffy:  http://tinyurl.com/cslwf
Holly:  http://tinyurl.com/9t68o
Duffy and Holly together:  http://tinyurl.com/8b47e