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 Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:16 pm
-I couldn't find a subforum that really fit, so because I'm mostly sharing links for right now it can go here-
First off, I just noticed a super-exciting message on the cat adoption page of the rescue I got Saphi fromQuote: Whisker has a very exciting new NO DECLAW policy effective March 2013. Now when you adopt, a NO DECLAW agreement needs to be signed. Please check out www.Declawing.com
So of course I followed the link, skimmed it, went to the one about scratching solutions. Thinking I should save it and then post it whenever somebody so much as hints at scratching issues or getting a new kitten or whatever.
Have to admit that the last part of this last bit doesn't sit quite right with meQuote: For indoor cats, consider Soft Paws® as extra insurance, or an easy alternative.
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:56 am
Yay for the no declaw policy!
I'd actually never even heard of declawing until I started hanging around the pets forum and I'm constantly glad it's illegal here.
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 6:31 am
I wish it were illegal here. People are so lazy (and cheap) when it comes to cat care that anything for the easy-way-out is obviously a wonderfully great thing. I don't know how much it costs to declaw but I can't imagine it's exactly "cheap" so I'm in a way surprised so many people do it.
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:13 am
Start a topic somewhere? Im sure theres a place somewhere in here where I discussed it..... Its under behaviors....I really ought to make a map for the guild. crying AND HOORAY FOR THE NO DECLAWING CLAUSE FOR THE SHELTER! Soft paws shouldnt be used as an easy alt...lazy fricken people. They should be used so you can teach your cat proper scratching methods without him destroying the furniture.
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:25 am
~ Aki - Fairy ~ I wish it were illegal here. People are so lazy (and cheap) when it comes to cat care that anything for the easy-way-out is obviously a wonderfully great thing. I don't know how much it costs to declaw but I can't imagine it's exactly "cheap" so I'm in a way surprised so many people do it. I would have thought, if nothing else, it'd be a pain in the backside dealing with a cat that had healing feet. How someone that is too lazy to teach them the right places to scratch can want to deal with that... it confuses me.
There's a group I'm in on Facebook, with members from all over the world, all cat lovers. It surprises me that, in a group like that, people still say declawing was the 'right thing' for their cat. Declawing conversations never keep going for too long though, it tends to degenerate into a slagging match pretty quickly and then get deleted.
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 10:33 am
Freddus ~ Aki - Fairy ~ I wish it were illegal here. People are so lazy (and cheap) when it comes to cat care that anything for the easy-way-out is obviously a wonderfully great thing. I don't know how much it costs to declaw but I can't imagine it's exactly "cheap" so I'm in a way surprised so many people do it. I would have thought, if nothing else, it'd be a pain in the backside dealing with a cat that had healing feet. How someone that is too lazy to teach them the right places to scratch can want to deal with that... it confuses me.
There's a group I'm in on Facebook, with members from all over the world, all cat lovers. It surprises me that, in a group like that, people still say declawing was the 'right thing' for their cat. Declawing conversations never keep going for too long though, it tends to degenerate into a slagging match pretty quickly and then get deleted.
Luckily for me, most of my family is smarter than to declaw (and/or it just wasn't something that was done 8+ years ago). I have one cousin in the family I'm in contact with that has declawed, and she's a fat, lazy person.
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Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:04 am
~ Aki - Fairy ~ Who's to say that the people change much while their cat is healing? They're doing it because they're lazy and because "cats can't be trained like dogs can". Maybe they'll switch litter types for awhile, but once the paws are healed I bet they go back to whatever's the cheapest.
Luckily for me, most of my family is smarter than to declaw (and/or it just wasn't something that was done 8+ years ago). I have one cousin in the family I'm in contact with that has declawed, and she's a fat, lazy person. I guess I was just thinking that, with healing wounds and all, that there might be creams to put on or bandages to change or something. I don't really know... but I hope the poor cats aren't just sent out without any kind of paw upkeep. That would make it about a million times worse than it is already....
I hadn't even really heard of people trimming cat claws until fairly recently either, or soft paws. I guess I thought training was the only option!
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Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:42 am
Freddus ~ Aki - Fairy ~ Who's to say that the people change much while their cat is healing? They're doing it because they're lazy and because "cats can't be trained like dogs can". Maybe they'll switch litter types for awhile, but once the paws are healed I bet they go back to whatever's the cheapest.
Luckily for me, most of my family is smarter than to declaw (and/or it just wasn't something that was done 8+ years ago). I have one cousin in the family I'm in contact with that has declawed, and she's a fat, lazy person. I guess I was just thinking that, with healing wounds and all, that there might be creams to put on or bandages to change or something. I don't really know... but I hope the poor cats aren't just sent out without any kind of paw upkeep. That would make it about a million times worse than it is already....
I hadn't even really heard of people trimming cat claws until fairly recently either, or soft paws. I guess I thought training was the only option!
Me neither. I also don't know what the big deal is about training, but Saphi also came pre-trained so yeah...
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:15 pm
~ Aki - Fairy ~ I don't know. Not something I've ever really encountered.
Me neither. I also don't know what the big deal is about training, but Saphi also came pre-trained so yeah... Minstrel clawed the carpet a few times when he arrived, but we moved him onto the cat fort and he got the idea to scratch there very quickly. Tansy has no idea, it took months before the first time she used a post and that was only after we sprayed every other piece of furniture with No Scratch Spray. Nightshade understood at first, but he's lately been a bit cheeky about scratching in whatever. I did get one of those flat cardboard scratchers and they all enjoyed it, so I'm planning on trying to make one myself.
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Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:46 pm
Freddus ~ Aki - Fairy ~ I don't know. Not something I've ever really encountered.
Me neither. I also don't know what the big deal is about training, but Saphi also came pre-trained so yeah... Minstrel clawed the carpet a few times when he arrived, but we moved him onto the cat fort and he got the idea to scratch there very quickly. Tansy has no idea, it took months before the first time she used a post and that was only after we sprayed every other piece of furniture with No Scratch Spray. Nightshade understood at first, but he's lately been a bit cheeky about scratching in whatever. I did get one of those flat cardboard scratchers and they all enjoyed it, so I'm planning on trying to make one myself.
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Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:23 pm
~ Aki - Fairy ~ Saphi claws/kneads at the carpet from time to time, but truth be told I don't care enough to really work on making her quit (and in the spirit of bad pet ownership I've gone and bought a little carpet scratcher-post thing for her for once I get rid of the carpet). She didn't care any for the cardboard one (if I ever remember to do so I'll give it to my uncle for his cat, because I know she likes the one she has) To be honest, if I wasn't in a rented house, I wouldn't care at all. I mean, I'd try to stop them shredding the carpet, but I wouldn't be getting upset if they did. smile
My Cricket had a cardboard one that he never liked... we had slate tiles in the kitchen at the time, and he used to use the scratcher just for somewhere to sit so he didn't have a cold bottom! It surprised me when this lot took to it so happily.
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:55 am
Freddus ~ Aki - Fairy ~ Saphi claws/kneads at the carpet from time to time, but truth be told I don't care enough to really work on making her quit (and in the spirit of bad pet ownership I've gone and bought a little carpet scratcher-post thing for her for once I get rid of the carpet). She didn't care any for the cardboard one (if I ever remember to do so I'll give it to my uncle for his cat, because I know she likes the one she has) To be honest, if I wasn't in a rented house, I wouldn't care at all. I mean, I'd try to stop them shredding the carpet, but I wouldn't be getting upset if they did. smile
My Cricket had a cardboard one that he never liked... we had slate tiles in the kitchen at the time, and he used to use the scratcher just for somewhere to sit so he didn't have a cold bottom! It surprised me when this lot took to it so happily.
Glad Saphi's not the only one who hasn't cared for them - all I ever hear is how great/successful they are. All she liked about it was the catnip spot, and just licking/biting at it, not scratching.
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:11 am
~ Aki - Fairy ~ Can't blame you when you're renting. I used to get after Saphi for it more, but once I decided that I was changing out the flooring I basically stopped caring.
Glad Saphi's not the only one who hasn't cared for them - all I ever hear is how great/successful they are. All she liked about it was the catnip spot, and just licking/biting at it, not scratching. Cricket didn't even like the catnip! I thought it was a terrible coincidence that four out of four of my cats (since I was eleven, I don't know for sure about Benny...) aren't at all interested in catnip - but I found out lately that it's an Australian thing. The cats all had to come through quarantine, so there's a smaller genetic pool over here and the vast majority of Australian cats don't like catnip!
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Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:49 am
Freddus ~ Aki - Fairy ~ Can't blame you when you're renting. I used to get after Saphi for it more, but once I decided that I was changing out the flooring I basically stopped caring.
Glad Saphi's not the only one who hasn't cared for them - all I ever hear is how great/successful they are. All she liked about it was the catnip spot, and just licking/biting at it, not scratching. Cricket didn't even like the catnip! I thought it was a terrible coincidence that four out of four of my cats (since I was eleven, I don't know for sure about Benny...) aren't at all interested in catnip - but I found out lately that it's an Australian thing. The cats all had to come through quarantine, so there's a smaller genetic pool over here and the vast majority of Australian cats don't like catnip!
Kind of makes sense that it be a genetic thing, though.
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Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 5:54 am
~ Aki - Fairy ~ Saphi doesn't seem too super obsessive with it, which is fine by me. I think of the toys we've bought so far the Kong brand ones must have the best n** in them as she adores them and will even play with one with a little rattle/bell in it.
Kind of makes sense that it be a genetic thing, though. I've heard of some cats that get crazily obsessive about it - lucky that Saphi isn't one of them!
Well, I'd heard about a third of all cats don't like catnip, with those odds it makes it really possible to accidentally isolate a whole heap of non-catnip cats.
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