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Why Declawing Your Cat may be a Bad Idea
Owners of cats will often consider having their pet declawed when scratching becomes a drag . It’s true that cats can cause considerable damage to furniture or door frames by using these as scratching posts. a favourite scratching spot are often completely ripped up and shredded by a cat exercising his or her claws. Declawing is usually done only on the front paws because the rear paws rarely present a drag . The front claws of cats are retractable, and are always growing, a bit like our fingernails. so as to get rid of the outer sheath of the claw to show the new, sharper claw, the cat must scratch. Wild cats satisfy their scratching need on trees or logs, but domestic cats will use whatever is convenient and at hand. Besides scratching furniture, cats also will scratch defensively, or in some cases, aggressively. people that own cats, and who