Don't Declaw

DECLAWING CATS SHOULD BE A LAST RESORT.  IF YOUR CAT IS CONSTANTLY DESTROYING YOUR HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, IT MAY BE TIME TO BUY MORE SCRATCH POSTS.  CATS SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THEIR NAILS BECAUSE THEY NEED TO.  A CAT WITH UNKEMPT NAILS MAY SOON BEGIN TO SUFFER.  IF A FELINE CANNOT RETRACT ITS CLAWS, IT WILL CAUSE SEVERE PAIN AND CAN CAUSE LIMPING, AND BIOMECHANICAL CHANGES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THEIR SPINES ULTIMATELY.  THEY ARE ALSO ESSENTIAL FOR SELF-PRESERVATION DURING ATTACKS FROM OTHER CATS OR PREDATORS.  IF ALL ELSE FAILS AND YOUR PET IS IN THE VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT DECLAWING IS NECESSARY, KNOW THAT THERE ARE INHERENT RISKS WITH SURGERY.  IN ADDITION, YOUR CAT’S BEHAVIOR IS NOT LIKELY TO CHANGE.  AND ONCE A CAT IS DECLAWED, IT SHOULD BE KEPT INDOORS, AS IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROTECT ITSELF FROM NATURE, NOR WILL IT BE AS AGILE WHILE RUNNING OR SCALING WALLS AND TREES.