Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site convex.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!ayers From: ayers@convex.UUCP Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: Re: cat questions Message-ID: <47500006@convex.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 16:29:00 EDT Article-I.D.: convex.47500006 Posted: Thu Sep 27 16:29:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 06:43:07 EDT References: <44@athena.UUCP> Lines: 28 Nf-ID: #R:athena:-4400:convex:47500006:000:1156 Nf-From: convex!ayers Sep 27 15:29:00 1984 /* Written 5:53 pm Sep 24, 1984 by brl-tgr!abc in convex:net.pets */ > You may get a lot of mixed opinion about declawing an indoor/outdoor > cat. The simple question is, how will she defend herself or climb from > danger outdoors without claws? Although I am against declawing cats for personal reasons, I find the spreading of misinformation equally upsetting. Declawing is (normally) only done to the front feet. Cats are perfectly able to climb using the front paws as "hands" and the rear paws as "grippers" -- just like linemen for ma bell (a little respect for the dearly departed, please). Also, most of a cat's REAL fighting is done by gripping with the front paws and going for the underbelly with the rear claws, just like their cousins the rabbits. The old "stand still and swipe with one paw" you're used to seeing is not so much a fighting stance as it is a warning blow -- like kids pushing each other on the playground. [The above information relayed from several vet's, as well as seeing the results in action with cats belonging to friends and family.] blues, II (Cut it off three times and it's STILL too short!)