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Liebling:-))) · 10-30-2007, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Reba

What kind of nails did your toddlers have?! Mine never had claws.

I feel that you misinterpreted my comparison post because I disagree with some posters for compared declaw with vaccines and neuter/spaying and then compared human fingertips with animal claw.

Anyway, I feel from your post that you think it´s just claw... No, it´s not just claw but removed the bone joint, flesh, tendons, nerves, blood vessels...as well. Declaw is a form of an amputation.

I hope this link will helps.

The Facts About Declawing

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Contrary to most people's understanding, declawing consists of amputating not just the claws, but the whole phalanx (up to the joint), including bones, ligaments, and tendons! To remove the claw, the bone, nerve, joint capsule, collateral ligaments, and the extensor and flexor tendons must all be amputated. Thus declawing is not a “simple”, single surgery but 10 separate, painful amputations of the third phalanx up to the last joint of each toe. A graphic comparison in human terms would be the cutting off of a person's finger at the last joint of each finger.

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Many vets and clinic staff deliberately misinform and mislead clients into believing that declawing removes only the claws in the hopes that clients are left with the impression that the procedure is a "minor" surgery comparable to spay/neuter procedures and certainly doesn't involve amputation (partial or complete) of the terminal-toe bone, ligaments and tendons. Some vets rationalize the above description by saying that since the claw and the third phalanx (terminal toe bone) are so firmly connected, they simply use the expression "the claw" to make it simpler for clients to "understand". Other vets are somewhat more honest and state that if they used the word "amputation", most clients would not have the surgery performed! Onychectomy in the clinical definition involves either the partial or total amputation of the terminal bone. That is the only method. What differs from vet to vet is the type of cutting tool used (guillotine-type cutter, scalpel or laser).

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Cats claw furniture, kids' faces, curtains, toilet paper rolls, human body parts (especially when giving them baths), clothing, table cloths (pulling everything down from the table), door frames, window sills, other cats, dogs, walls, paintings, etc.

Oh I see. Is it punishment to declaw the cat because of this? The toddlers/small children did the same as well... They do mess the funiture etc ... It doesn´t bother me really because I love my boys and cats what they are because they are my wish... I really have no problem with my patience to correct my boys and pets in positive way... Example: my cats know I don´t like them to jump on the table but stay on the chair. They understood and respect me... It´s about training/education with good patience.

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You handle it your way, and I'll handle it my way.

Yes.