Prices for De-Clawing Cats?

Eesh, crappy situation :( Well, I too don't agree with de-clawing since I've lost two kitties to coyotes when they managed to get outside somehow :( And that was with their claws in tact! So sad :((

I live in west Texas and I only know one vet who will do it. Including costs of medication, anesthesia, surgery and even an over-night stay, along with a follow-up visit, it runs a little over $250. I'm sure in larger cities it's more expensive...

I would leave the back claws in tact since they use those to grip when they jump, and they can't don't use them to attack. My grandmother was a vet before she passed away and she refused to do back legs because cats really really need those claws for balance and don't use them for fighting anyways...just my recommendation. Hope this helps!

Thankfully I have no idea how much declawing costs because it's banned here in the UK on the grounds that vets have always refused to do it. The law actually classes it as an "unnecessary mutilation" and I think that's a very apt term. I'm sure some poor cats suffering the trauma of having been declawed would rather be dead than having to endure a lifetime of pain.

I do feel for you, but in your position I would surrender your cat to a no-kill shelter. I understand you love her, but honestly, declawing on all 4 paws is just a horrendous idea! No way could I put an animal I loved through that amount of pain and misery just so that they could continue to live with me. I'm not that special!

Maybe your cat doesn't like living with other pets and that's why she used to attack her daughter and your dog? If she feels that way she may still want to attack your mother's cat and if she has no claws she will use her teeth instead. What will your a**hole of a stepdad demand then? That you have her defanged or euthanised? She might actually settle happily with a new owner in a home where she's the only pet.

At the end of the day you DO have a choice. Not an easy one, but you can do what is best for your cat and not what is best for yourself. Whatever way you try to convince yourself, declawing is still one of the worst acts of animal cruelty going.

How about finding out WHY the cat is attacking instead of having its claws removed? You will only create a bitter and a cat who won't use the litter box.

There is no need what so ever to de-calw a cat. Ever.

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Oh bull. You have a choice. You just want to take the band aid approach and make the cat suffer from having its toes removed. De-calwed cats bite, suffer from arthritis and stop using the litter box. Keep the cats claws trimmed and get soft paws nail caps.

its cruel to have a cats toes amputated because you can't stand the fact is being a cat.

Oh, but you do have a choice! If you would really be against this horrific procedure, you would not even think of it twice....

I have 3 cats. Had 2 and a few years ago, I rescued a declawed cat from outdoors. Never once did I even think about getting my other cats declawed. I trim the nails, it's like they don't have any! Never once was the declawed cat injured and she even killed a mouse...

Declawing is considered 'Animal Abuse' and should be banned in the US and Canada!

The cat would be better off in a shelter than having this done to her...

BS you DO have a choice. And declawing would cost several hundred dollars. But to the cat at 9 yrs old its a LIFETIME of pain and confusion at this point. She is far more likely to end up peeing all over due to pain in her feet, biting more and loss of balance, etc.

You can trim the nails weekly, use the SoftPaws nail caps AND MOST IMPORTANT have your mother/and her bf read about declawing and what happens.

If your mother's bf insist on mutilating a 9 yr old cat, then he cannot throw her out when she starts other problems.

http://www.declawing.com/