Devons are great! I'd like to have such but my husband doesn't like this breed. So we have siamese. :Oh crap He is also very intelligent and almost (:winkwink: ) spoil nothing at home.

It still involves amputating their toes.

I don't care how it's done and how painless it is. Amputating digits because you're too lazy to teach your cat or clip it's nails is just irresponsible and cruel. It's a shame that the US is so piss-backwards with animal cruelty laws.

It's not nice o see cats being declawed. just leave them alone:thumbsup

i don't know what kind of crazy things your vets do but my parents had this done to their cat, and it still had its toes. i've never seen a cat where declawing involved removing its toes.

haha, yeah. thought it fit in pretty well with some of the things going on in adult these days too.

I hate CATS

Decalwing is cruel to say the least. What if your cat gets out and lost? With no claws it won't be able to fend for itself.

Not to mention the fact that cutting the tips of a cats toes and sewing them up is horrible.

it takes off the first part of the toe

Look up declawing on Google. It requires amputating at the first joint. As if someone were to cut off your finger or toe tip. This is how declawing is done.

One of my cats was declawed but just her front paws and she was an outdoor cat. There are several methods to declawing that involve different type of operating procedures. However she was able to still defend herself with her back claws as well as even hunt and kill birds, mice etc...Somehow I am pretty sure she did not have any confidence issues with being able to do so. Now my current cat is indoor only cat who has all his claws. We have been meaning to get him declawed but money is an issue so we focus his clawing elsewhere besides my leather furniture....Cat scratch posts and stands make a good distraction but not all the time. Will the cat be in pain most likely but it is only a matter of a few days and the vet gives you medicine to make the pain almost non existent. The best time to declaw a cat is when it is young because the weight is still low and the recovery time will be quicker. While older cats will take a little longer to heal and have more weight to carry. Either way the choice is yours and you will need to do what you feel is right.

BTW this is a great side to read on this matter vetinfo.com/cdeclaw.html
If you want to know the truth ask the vets who do it.

declawing an outdoor cat? Seriously, that *is* cruel.

Would never declaw a cat...needs them, simply to live

go google it ,it is so bad for the cat, it just takes a little time to teach it not to scratch the furniture.

http://cats.about.com/od/declawing/tp/reasonsnot.htm read this

I get all of my cats depawed.
http://static.flickr.com/4/5541932_b0c46c724a_m.jpg

i let my cat keep his claws..he needs it for defense

I wouldn't do it to a cat.

if you declaw your cat go down to the doctor and get the ends of your fucking fingers lopped off so you know how it feels :disgust

Almost everyone is telling you noy to declaw your cat! You asked for suggestion, here it is.