Mandroid2.0 wrote:When I get another indoor kitty, it will be a 4-paw declawee again. I have a leather sofa and several other expensive pieces of furniture that kitty claws cannot ruin. For the record, I'd never let a completely declawed kitty outside here without a harness and leash in place. It was one thing to do it in Pulaski with Cleo, who was never going to run away, but there's just not enough space here and too much traffic and other distractions. Plus, we live in Kitty Fuck Central so some other neighbourhood kitty would probably try to rape my cat while it was basking in the sun.
Anyway, 4-claw declawees aren't always hapless or weak and in my case, it's:
A) declaw all 4 paws or else kitty cannot live with and have awesome kitty mom.
B) kitty keeps 2 sets of claws and then gets stuck in home where owners are less than stellar parents and ignore kitty most of the time and do not ever share their bacon with kitty and forget to clean litter box and do not sew catnip toys weekly.
I think that any cat I've ever dealt with would choose option A.
Whatever you need to tell yourself.
