Hi Everyone
My little cousin just got a new kitten and is taking her to get declawed because "She doesn't want her furniture ruined or her kid scratched!!" I have tried every thing, telling her how bad it is- showing her how it is done etc, she is beyond reason and is doing it regardless!! It makes me so sad, this practice should be outlawed and illegal in the US like it is in many countries. I told her all the facts, how cat bites are worse than little scratches, it is 10 separate amputations etc! And she is insistent. Every argument has been ignored- Any ideas on what else I can say?? I have literally given her 20 reasons it is bad to declaw, and given her probably as many options to help prevent destroyed furniture (scratch posts, nail tips, trimming, etc...)
Anything else I can tell her??
My little cousin just got a new kitten and is taking her to get declawed because "She doesn't want her furniture ruined or her kid scratched!!" I have tried every thing, telling her how bad it is- showing her how it is done etc, she is beyond reason and is doing it regardless!! It makes me so sad, this practice should be outlawed and illegal in the US like it is in many countries. I told her all the facts, how cat bites are worse than little scratches, it is 10 separate amputations etc! And she is insistent. Every argument has been ignored- Any ideas on what else I can say?? I have literally given her 20 reasons it is bad to declaw, and given her probably as many options to help prevent destroyed furniture (scratch posts, nail tips, trimming, etc...)
Anything else I can tell her??