My little tux also can't get enough of trees. The others climb but she lives for running up and down trees and tormenting birds
My little tux also can't get enough of trees. The others climb but she lives for running up and down trees and tormenting birds
Both these monsters are super climby. Full disclosure: these are my first cats who weren’t declawed. I was raised in a household where declawing cats was the norm and even my last cats lived briefly at my mother’s house with me while I was working on my graduate degree. So they were victims as well. I didn’t understand how claws are essentially part of their fingers and just how cruel and debilitating the declawing process is; my mom believed it was just grooming away their fingernails. So while I didn’t have climbers before, it very well could have been solely because my poor kitties were crippled. 😿
Out of curiosity, did they exhibit behavioral problems from it? I know it's an emotive topic and illegal where I live but someone whose opinion I trust says that the demonisation is overdone. I wouldn't declaw a cat of mine, much as I might sometimes wish to but I'm interested to hear how your cats experienced it
It’s illegal where I live now, too. And I don’t believe it’s overdemonized in the slightest. It really is like cutting off their fingertips. There are nerve endings in there. Not to mention they’re no longer walking properly. When they declaw cats, they have to cut what amounts to the first knuckle of each toe.
I cannot say if there were actual behavioral issues caused. Like I said, this was all I knew until recently. All my cats were declawed. I will say that the cats were lazier. And of course they could not climb or grab things. I’m assuming that some frustrations were due to this. But who knows.
When I took my current cats to be fixed, I proudly announced that I wouldn’t be declawing them. The ver’s assistant looked at me with horror and disgust and told me that that was good...because it was illegal. 😸