cat survey

Hello! I am writing a paper on de-clawing. As part of my study, I am doing two surveys. One survey concerns cats with claws and the other concerns de-clawed cats. Please take the time to answer these surveys. Please fill out the survey for de-clawed cats for each one of your cats that are de-clawed. Please fill out the survey for clawed cats for each one of your clawed cats. Thank You!

~~~Survey for De-claws Cats~~~~~~~~~~

At what age was your cat de-clawed?

Which method of de-clawing was performed? (i.e. onychectomy, disarticulation, laser, tendonectomy)

Were front paws only or all four paws de-clawed?

How long was the recovery period for the cat?

Did your cat have any immediate complications resulting from the surgery? If so, what kind of complications?

Does your cat jump onto things frequently or seldom?

Does your cat seem to exhibit difficulty jumping onto things?

Does your cat seem to experience any difficulty, hesitation, or pain while jumping off of objects?

Does your cat seem restricted in how high he can jump?

What is the highest you estimate your cat can jump?

If you have a backyard with a 6-foot high block southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence?


Does your cat bite or swat with his paw when he is in a defensive mode or when he is irritated?
Swats only:___________
Bites only:____________
Bites and Swats:_________Percent of occasions when cat swats________Percent of time when cat bites_______.

Is your cat able to climb? (I.e. trees or sides of furniture)


Does your cat seem to have trouble walking? If yes, do you attribute this to the fact that the cat is de-clawed? Has a veterinarian confirmed this case?


Have you observed any long-term physical changes or change in physical ability that you attribute to de-clawing not listed above? If so, please describe the change(s).

Date:______________________________

Name of cat owner:___________________

Telephone Number:___________________



~~~~~Survey for Cats with Claws~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Does your cat jump onto things frequently or seldom?

Does your cat seem to experience any difficulty, hesitation, or pain while jumping off of objects?

Does your cat bite or claw when it is in a defensive mode or when he or she is irritated?
Claws only:___________
Bites only:____________
Bites and Claws:_________Percent of occasions when cat claws________Percent of time when cat bites_______.

Has your cat developed any back, hip, or shoulder problems? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause.

Has your cat developed any problems walking or running? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause.

Is your cat able to climb? (i.e. trees or the side of furniture)

What is the upper limit of how high you estimate that your cat can jump?

If you have a backyard with a 6in. high block Southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence?

Date:______________________________

Name of cat owner:___________________

Telephone Number:___________________

~~~~~Survey for Cats with Claws~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Does your cat jump onto things frequently or seldom? FREQUENTLY

Does your cat seem to experience any difficulty, hesitation, or pain while jumping off of objects? NO

Does your cat bite or claw when it is in a defensive mode or when he or she is irritated?
Claws only:___________
Bites only:_XXX
Bites and Claws:_________Percent of occasions when cat claws________Percent of time when cat bites_______.

Has your cat developed any back, hip, or shoulder problems? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause.

Has your cat developed any problems walking or running? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause.

Is your cat able to climb? (i.e. trees or the side of furniture)

What is the upper limit of how high you estimate that your cat can jump?

If you have a backyard with a 6in. high block Southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence?

Date:______________________________

Name of cat owner:___________________

Telephone Number:___________________

Sorry! I didn't answer everything on the first one. Here is the rest


Is your cat able to climb? (i.e. trees or the side of furniture)YES

What is the upper limit of how high you estimate that your cat can jump? I've seen Sparkle jump as high as 5 feet.

If you have a backyard with a 6in. high block Southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence? My kitties are indoor kitties

Date:____7/17/01__________________________

Name of cat owner:___Kathy Marcheselli________________

Telephone Number:___Prefer to be contacted email [email protected]________________

I think it would be best if people emailed you the results directly. I don't want to see members post their phone number here.

I'm sorry this was not in the original post. Listing your name and phone number is optional. Also, you can e-mail the survey to me if you prefer at [email protected]

~~~~~Survey for Cats with Claws~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Does your cat jump onto things frequently or seldom? Yes

Does your cat seem to experience any difficulty, hesitation, or pain while jumping off of objects? No

Does your cat bite or claw when it is in a defensive mode or when he or she is irritated?
Claws only:___________
Bites only:____________
Bites and Claws:_xxx________Percent of occasions when cat claws____?____Percent of time when cat bites__?_____.

Has your cat developed any back, hip, or shoulder problems? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. No

Has your cat developed any problems walking or running? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. No

Is your cat able to climb? (i.e. trees or the side of furniture) Yes

What is the upper limit of how high you estimate that your cat can jump? Very high... not quite sure minimum 3 feet

If you have a backyard with a 6in. high block Southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence? Yes

Date:_7/17/01________

Name of cat owner:___Shannon :flower:

~~~~~Survey for Cats with Claws~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Does your cat jump onto things frequently or seldom? Frequently

Does your cat seem to experience any difficulty, hesitation, or pain while jumping off of objects? Never

Does your cat bite or claw when it is in a defensive mode or when he or she is irritated?
Claws only:_____no______
Bites only:_____no_______
Bites and Claws:__no_______Percent of occasions when cat claws__0______Percent of time when cat bites___0____. Muffy does not bite or claw. She'll pinch the kids with her teeth if they're hurting her.

Has your cat developed any back, hip, or shoulder problems? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. No

Has your cat developed any problems walking or running? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. NO

Is your cat able to climb? (i.e. trees or the side of furniture) Yes

What is the upper limit of how high you estimate that your cat can jump? 3 to 4 feet

If you have a backyard with a 6in. high block Southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence? Yes, if I let her outside, but I don't.

Date:_____7-17-01_________________________

Name of cat owner:____Dawn_______________

Telephone Number:___________________

~~~Survey for Cats with Claws~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Does your cat jump onto things frequently or seldom? - frequently

Does your cat seem to experience any difficulty, hesitation, or pain while jumping off of objects? no
Does your cat bite or claw when it is in a defensive mode or when he or she is irritated?
Claws only:___________
Bites only:____________
Bites and Claws:____x_____Percent of occasions when cat claws__40 %______Percent of time when cat bites__60 %_____.

Has your cat developed any back, hip, or shoulder problems? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. no

Has your cat developed any problems walking or running? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. no

Is your cat able to climb? (i.e. trees or the side of furniture) yes

What is the upper limit of how high you estimate that your cat can jump? 4 feet or so?

If you have a backyard with a 6in. high block Southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence?

Date:_______7/17/01_______________________

Name of cat owner:___deb myers________________

Telephone Number:___________________

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~~~~~Survey for Cats with Claws~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Does your cat jump onto things frequently or seldom? frequently... she's a cat you know!!

Does your cat seem to experience any difficulty, hesitation, or pain while jumping off of objects? maybe hesitation if she's up in a weird position to jump down

Does your cat bite or claw when it is in a defensive mode or when he or she is irritated? both
Claws only:___________
Bites only:____________
Bites and Claws:__XX _______Percent of occasions when cat claws____40% ____Percent of time when cat bites___60% ____.

Has your cat developed any back, hip, or shoulder problems? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. No

Has your cat developed any problems walking or running? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. no

Is your cat able to climb? (i.e. trees or the side of furniture)yes

What is the upper limit of how high you estimate that your cat can jump? 4 feet going up onto something

If you have a backyard with a 6in. high block Southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence? n/a

Date:___________7/18/01 ___________________

Name of cat owner:___vlinder ________________

Telephone Number:_________n/a __________

~~~~~Survey for Cats with Claws~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Does your cat jump onto things frequently or seldom?
seldom

Does your cat seem to experience any difficulty, hesitation, or pain while jumping off of objects? No

Does your cat bite or claw when it is in a defensive mode or when he or she is irritated? yes-I have three but only one does this
Claws only:____X_______
Bites only:____________
Bites and Claws:_________Percent of occasions when cat claws________Percent of time when cat bites_______.

Has your cat developed any back, hip, or shoulder problems? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. No

Has your cat developed any problems walking or running? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. No

Is your cat able to climb? (i.e. trees or the side of furniture) yes

What is the upper limit of how high you estimate that your cat can jump? 4 feet

If you have a backyard with a 6in. high block Southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence? Not allowed outside but I wouldn't think so.

Date:_____________7/18/01_________________

Name of cat owner:__Sabra_________________

E-mail Address:[email protected]________________

All three cats I could answer the same except the one I mentioned above.

Survey for Cats with Claws~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Does your cat jump onto things frequently or seldom? Frequently

Does your cat seem to experience any difficulty, hesitation, or pain while jumping off of objects? NO

Does your cat bite or claw when it is in a defensive mode or when he or she is irritated?
Claws only:___________
Bites only:_yes___________
Bites and Claws:_________Percent of occasions when cat claws_rarely_______Percent of time when cat bites_once in a great while (but not hard)______.

Has your cat developed any back, hip, or shoulder problems? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. NO

Has your cat developed any problems walking or running? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. NO

Is your cat able to climb? (i.e. trees or the side of furniture) Yes

What is the upper limit of how high you estimate that your cat can jump? Approx 3 feet

If you have a backyard with a 6in. high block Southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence? yes

Date:_7-18-01_____________________________

Name of cat owner:_Debby__________________

Thank you to everyone who helped out!

Welcome to The Cat Site! I'll send you my survey-answers via electronic mail. Would you mind telling us something about the nature, origin and purpose of the paper you're writing? Thank you!



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~~~~~Survey for Cats with Claws~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Does your cat jump onto things frequently or seldom? frequently

Does your cat seem to experience any difficulty, hesitation, or pain while jumping off of objects? nope

Does your cat bite or claw when it is in a defensive mode or when he or she is irritated?
Claws only: both swat, but only with claws in___________
Bites only:____never________
Bites and Claws:_nope________Percent of occasions when cat claws__n/a______Percent of time when cat bites___n/a____.

Has your cat developed any back, hip, or shoulder problems? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. nope

Has your cat developed any problems walking or running? If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause. nope

Is your cat able to climb? (i.e. trees or the side of furniture) yes

What is the upper limit of how high you estimate that your cat can jump? about 5 feet for the adult, 4 feet for the kitten

If you have a backyard with a 6in. high block Southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence? probably, if they really wanted to

Date:____o7/27/01__________________________

Name of cat owner:____Jennie_______________

Telephone Number:___________________

The paper I am writing is for school. I am doing it in the area of cats because I love cats.
Thank you to everyone who filled out a survey. I now how enough surveys.

You are most welcome! Now, don't go running off and leaving us! Let us know how things go in regard to your paper; id est, your conclusions, et cetera. Stick around!

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I'll keep in touch! Next week I start putting the data into my paper.
Talk to you soon!

Stephanie

Sorry I haven't written in a while. I hope to finish the rough draft this week. I still need 986 more words. Afterwards, I will have people edit it. I'll post the results and conclusion when I finish the final draft.

Stephanie

~~~Survey for De-claws Cats~~~~~~~~~~

At what age was your cat de-clawed? 1 yrs. old; 2 cats

Which method of de-clawing was performed? (i.e. onychectomy, disarticulation, laser, tendonectomy) tendonectomy

Were front paws only or all four paws de-clawed? front paws

How long was the recovery period for the cat? 2 weeks at the max

Did your cat have any immediate complications resulting from the surgery? no

Does your cat jump onto things frequently or seldom? very frequentnly!

Does your cat seem to exhibit difficulty jumping onto things? no

Does your cat seem to experience any difficulty, hesitation, or pain while jumping off of objects? no

Does your cat seem restricted in how high he can jump? no, in fact both of them jump from high places.

What is the highest you estimate your cat can jump? 4-5 feet

If you have a backyard with a 6-foot high block southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence? our cats are only indoors


Does your cat bite or swat with his paw when he is in a defensive mode or when he is irritated?
Swats only:______X____
Bites only:____________
Bites and Swats:_________Percent of occasions when cat swats___10__Percent of time when cat bites___0__.

Is your cat able to climb? (I.e. trees or sides of furniture) no


Does your cat seem to have trouble walking? no If yes, do you attribute this to the fact that the cat is de-clawed? Has a veterinarian confirmed this case?


Have you observed any long-term physical changes or change in physical ability that you attribute to de-clawing not listed above? no If so, please describe the change(s).

Date:______________________________

Name of cat owner:___________________

Telephone Number:[email protected]________________



~~~~~Survey for Cats with Claws~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Does your cat jump onto things frequently or seldom? yes, 100% of the time

Does your cat seem to experience any difficulty, hesitation, or pain while jumping off of objects? no

Does your cat bite or claw when it is in a defensive mode or when he or she is irritated?
Claws only:__X_________
Bites only:____________
Bites and Claws:_________Percent of occasions when cat claws__25%______Percent of time when cat bites___1%____.

Has your cat developed any back, hip, or shoulder problems? no If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause.

Has your cat developed any problems walking or running? no If yes, please describe the problem(s), diagnosis and cause.

Is your cat able to climb? YES! (i.e. trees or the side of furniture)

What is the upper limit of how high you estimate that your cat can jump? 4-5 feet

If you have a backyard with a 6in. high block Southwestern fence, can your cat jump over the block fence? yes, they probably could, but I don't let my cats (both declawed and clawed) outside

Date:______________________________

Name of cat owner:___________________

Telephone Number:___________________