Is your cat destroying your furniture? Is he tearing it to pieces and driving you to distraction scratching away at the legs of your favourite dining room table until your table looks like it’s been a part of the Texas chainsaw massacre? Are you now thinking about de-clawing your cat?
Cats love to scratch away, it’s quite natural for cats to do so and helps them shared some of the dead material on their claws. As well as that it helps them mark their territory by leaving small amounts of scent around the house. Because they don’t know that you have no intention of allowing rival cats to enter.
If you plan to try and stop your cat from clawing the furniture then you should know that you’re backing a loser. You can scold him, you can punish him, you can throw him outside or smack his paws till your hands hurt and chances are good that it won’t do anything at all. He will still scratch the legs of your favorite table and drive you to distraction.
Cat owners who reach the stage of realization that they are unable to stop the cat scratching the furniture sometimes consider de-clawing their cat. This is a surgical procedure where the claws, usually on the front legs only, are removed with part of the bones. It is expensive, it is extremely painful for the cat who needs to walk around on injured feet for a period of time whilst they are healing, and it also poses various risks to the cat.
Some of the most important things that cats do require claws. Your cat can’t play in trees if he can’t climb them. They use their claws when stretching, running and jumping and even digging in their litterbox.
And remember that claws are his only source of defence against a dog attack. They work very well unless he doesn’t have any.
Sadly many people are unaware or don’t consider that there are cheaper and less painful and less stressful solutions than de-clawing your cat. For under $20 you can buy a cat scratching post and if you train him to use it the problem is sorted.
A cat scratching pole is a piece of dedicated cat furniture that is intended to provide him with a place to scratch where he can do all the damage he likes. Whilst it can sometimes take some effort to train him to use it there is no doubt that buying a scratching post and training him to use it is way less stressful and less expensive than serious surgery.
There are many countries where cat de-clawing is illegal. It is expensive and unnecessary and painful for the cat and the need for it is removed simply by buying cat scratching posts and training your cat properly.
Tags: intention, cat, dining, procedure <BR/>
Related posts:
