I don't understand this!
Even before I was a cat person, I understood that this is an incredibly painful procedure that permanently alters a cats natural defenses. SO MUCH SO, that it can often negatively affect their personalities and the way they behave.
I am trying to find good decent homes for these kittens, and EVERYONE wants to declaw!! My friends that want one, I have been able to easily see that it's a terrible idea when I explain things to them. I trust they will seek other options, redirection, scratching post, soft paws, etc. But these yahoos on craigslist don't seem able to learn, or just plain don't care.
I KNOW that some people, even here, have declawed kitties, and I know that some didn't have a choice, or didn't know, or very few truly don't see the harm, but I can't give these cat's to homes that are going to declaw them. Am I being to sensitive???
I am making myself sick here! *ugh*
Even before I was a cat person, I understood that this is an incredibly painful procedure that permanently alters a cats natural defenses. SO MUCH SO, that it can often negatively affect their personalities and the way they behave.
I am trying to find good decent homes for these kittens, and EVERYONE wants to declaw!! My friends that want one, I have been able to easily see that it's a terrible idea when I explain things to them. I trust they will seek other options, redirection, scratching post, soft paws, etc. But these yahoos on craigslist don't seem able to learn, or just plain don't care.
I KNOW that some people, even here, have declawed kitties, and I know that some didn't have a choice, or didn't know, or very few truly don't see the harm, but I can't give these cat's to homes that are going to declaw them. Am I being to sensitive???
I am making myself sick here! *ugh*