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Cats with claws absolutely do cause damage to furniture (mine is ruined). If you care about your furniture you shouldn’t have a cat. I believe the morality law
by darkr 7y ago
Cats with claws absolutely do cause damage to furniture (mine is ruined). If you care about your furniture you shouldn’t have a cat.
I believe the morality laws around surgery on pets are something like “It’s ok to perform surgery on pets as long as your intent is to inflict psychological damage; so as to break their will and make the animal more domesticated, but it’s not ok if it’s purely cosmetic”.
Don’t question the laws man.
- viraptor 7y agoThis is pretty similar to training, isn't it? As in, training a dog is really to break their natural behaviour and move from slave for food/fun to slave by default. Yet, it's also widely accepted. (Yes, I have a dog)
- oeuviz 7y ago'pets' and 'natural behaviour' do not really play along. All domesticated animals are far from being 'natural' in almost any way. That said, I consider declawing a form of assault to the animal, taking away from it the only tools it can use and the main weapon to defend itself.
- vageli 7y agoHuman beings don't have claws, so we invented blades. Cats don't have the luxury to invent their own adaptations.
- asdff 7y agoYou can train cats to not scratch on furniture and the damage is minimized if you are regularly cutting their nails. You have to provide something better to scratch on like a scratching post or cardboard, and discourage bad behavior on problem furniture. Cats do learn.
- jrace 7y agoI have had cats for years. it is easy to train them not to scratch things - without resorting to throwing stuff at them. When I have adopted senior cats who are resistant to change I have just buyild scratching posts that sit beside the couch. Just like kids and dogs, you need to not only say NO, but to also say YES to what they can do. If you value your couch over your cats well-being you do not deserve a cat.