Sadie's Coughing - Page 2  

Oh, sweetie, please don't declaw your cat!!!! It's a terrible thing to do and may cause all kinds of problems. Did you know some countries outlaw this kind of elective surgery because it is so cruel to the cat?

Read here for more information.

Don't do this to your poor kitty!

Oh my gosh. Please please do not declaw a 9 year old sick cat. Please, take this cat to a shelter or rescue where she will get the vet care she needs, and will not have her toes cut off.

Please, it would be criminal to do this to her. Just because you've done it before does not mean it's okay to do it. Have you ever read about what they actually do? It is amputation.

read these links. Declaw is banned in at least 26 countries around the world. Many people who live in other countries never even heard of it before joining internet websites.

http://www.declawing.com/htmls/outlawed.htm

This link lists the countries but there are other pages where you can read about what is done to the cat. It is extremely painful, and I don't think a 9 year old cat would ever ever adjust to such a thing.

Please take her to a shelter or rescue, now.

1.) De-clawing is a HORRIBLE thing to do to any animal, and is illegal in most civilized places. Should be illegal in the U.S. as well, but evidently we are not civilized enough . Check out the links in my signature for more info.

2.) This cat is old. She probably will not survive the surgery, and any vet who agrees to do it should lose his license. If she survives the surgery, she might never fully recover from the procedure, and may never adapt to the loss of her toes. I did know a cat that died from being de-clawed later in life.

3.) This cat is sick. No good vet will do elective surgery on a sick cat. She probably will not survive if the vet agrees to do it.

4.) Does she even scratch anything she shouldn't? Most older cats don't. It would be senselessly cruel and a waste of money to de-claw a cat that never scratches anything.

I do hope you will not have her de-clawed. It's such a selfish and cruel thing to do.

I will hope the vet has enough sense to refuse to do this terrible thing to the poor cat. Unfortunately some vets are just out for the $$$ and not the animals' well-being. We can hope, anyway.

Tiffany, I urge you and your mother to do some research on declawing before you go ahead with the surgery.

Some information can be found here:

http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=155451

You have to understand why people are upset - your family won't pay to have more extensive testing done on your cat when she is obviously quite sick, but you WILL pay to have her declawed, which is a cruel, unneccesary surgery and something that will most likely cause major health problems in a cat her age.

Tiffany and Pam -

Your cat is sick right now, and needs medical care... and here we are hearing that this appointment will be delayed for when she will be put through a cruel and risky procedure... I am sorry, but this is about the last thing I expected to hear now...
Your cat is sick, and declawing is going to make her sicker. I mean, she needs vet treatment now as it is. Declawing not only IS AMPUTATION, and it has the potential for a LOT of medical problems, especially in an older cat, let alone a sick one.
You are not taking her to the vet for her health problems now, you are going to take her to get her toes amputated? Ok.... What happens if that gets infect?
One of Tiffany's posts indicated there was a money struggle, and that was the reason why she was not taken to the vet yet.
So, if those paws get infected from the declaw, which happens a lot, then what? What are you going to do? She is going to suffer for a month before you can take her to the vet? What if she needs further surgery, and you can't afford? Is she going to be put to sleep because of it?
A lot of cats start having littler box problems after declawing, and start urinating around the house after the surgery. What if that happens?
What if she starts biting?
Please think this through.
Your cat is sick right now, and needs medical care...
Please, if you can not take her to the vet, please, just take her back to the shelter where you got her from.
It is heartbreaking to read day in and day out that this little girl is suffering and nothing has been done about it...

I can't imagine a vet would even perform surgery on a sick cat, but if they do, I doubt she will survive the surgery. I can't believe you're even worrying about that when your cat is SICK AND NEEDS MEDICAL CARE!

I'm completely disgusted with this thread and and will take no further part in trying to give advice to someone obviously uncaring about their cat's welfare.

I wish you and your cat the best, but the way things seem to be going instead I will just say "rest in peace sweet kitty, may your passing be painless and quick" because that is where this is going.

I have read all threads pertaining to Sadie. There is much inconsistency. Sadie is 7, Sadie is 9. Sadie might have FIV, but has been tested for FeLV (the test is dual, for both diseases) Sadie has not been to the vet yet, because of money. Sadie is sick until we start urging that she be taken to the vet, then she is miraculously better.

While she is a gorgeous tortie she is very thin and poorly looking. The father hates the cat. This home may be marginally better than what she was living before (a home with drug addicts?) but not by much, and at least they didn't declaw her.

Who knows what is really happening. All we can do now is pray for this cat. It's giving me nightmares to think about her awful life.

We all came to this site looking for information about how to better care for cats.
None of us came here as experts.
Knowledge about optimal cat health care, nutrition etc. is constantly evolving.

There are a few things that we know for sure...
-cats attempt to hide illness, so that they will not look vulnerable to a potential predator.
-the only way to get an accurate diagnoses about a cat who is ill, is though a good vet.
-declawing is an amputation that can cause permanent, negative, personality changes in a cat.

Please keep an open mind...

Are you telling this to us, or to them?
Because I feel as though we are punching the tip of a knife here. We keep teaching, saying, showing, telling, rationalizing... we tried it all IMO... and for what? Sadie is still there... With no medical care, and worst - waiting to be declawed.
Unfortunately I think that this poor little girl will be suffering a long and painful death without medical treatment... It is her destiny, I am starting to believe, and we have our hands tied. The only people who can do something here don't want to, so...
I am so so sad every time I open this thread... I am hopeful to open it, just to be hit with something worst than I could ever thought - over and over.
This poor little girl... But that is the story of cats, right? Second citizen animals?

The thread seems to be at a bit of a dead end now, so I will close it.