It's sooooooo frustrating when comments are posted in response to another previous comment.....but the previous comment is MIA!!!!!!!

Wtf is it normal in the USA to de-claw your cat????!! You people have a realy strainge way y

I'd love to declaw my cats, but living in Canada means they need to be able to defend themselves. We have a lot of shit that will eat cats.

The cat was purring because it was enjoying thinking of all the different ways it could maim you. I'm kidding OP, hope the scratch isn't too bad.

Haha I'm torn that post was funny as hell, and if you were a women I'd feel bad for you, but since your not, you kinda deserve it. Men don't take baths, we take showers

Been there had that happen too and it hurts. Don't declaw though one of mine was lost 6 weeks in the winter and was barely alive when I found him. The vet said thankfully he had his claws. I'm a bleeding heart with 3 cast away cats no more for me.

One-Hysterical post, loved it : ) and you can bet cat #2 did it on purpose : ) Two-another vet tech here chiming in on the declaw issue. Yes it's falling out of favor, no it's not painless, but we still do them at my clinic. Why? Because declawed cat > homeless cat. We sell and apply Soft Paws, educate owners from the first visit on up about scratching post training, nail trimming, and what exactly is involved in declawing a cat. You'd be amazed how many people have never heard of a scratching post and think declawing is "just what you do" , and the vast majority of clients who planned on declawing when they first brought their kitten in change their mind when properly educated on the procedure. But life is not black and white, maybe grandma is 90 and diabetic and can't feel that infected cat scratch. Maybe the cat's going to live in a nursing home. Maybe mom's paranoid about the small kids. So yeah, we declaw, and those cats get nerve blocks and pain medicine to go home, because hell no it ain't a painless thing. We still do tail docks too, because if we don't the breeders will, and at least we use sterile instruments. We don't do ears. I look forward to the day when these procedures will be obsolete, or only performed when absolutely medically necessary (and for diabetic grandma, it was-keeping an old lady out of hospital and letting her keep her cat qualifies IMO). But change takes time.

Conscientiousness scars. Now that's an interesting philosophical concept.

I was a vet tech for 7yrs and have two declawed cats. And my cats will always be declawed. Yes, declawing is literally taking off the first knuckle of a cat and like another vet tech said on here it's painful as hell. But as long as the cat is taken to a good vet who uses pain management properly it's actually not that big of a deal. And I would never declaw a cat that's over a year of age. Under a year they heal very quickly and aren't reliant on using their claws for anything. My oldest cat can catch things in his paws very easily and hunt with the best of them. When he feels like it. lol I'm sure my youngest would too if he wasn't blind. They are both also inside cats only. If a cat goes outside on a regular basis then I wouldn't recommend declawing at all. But when done properly it's not a big deal. No worse than circumcision on little boys, who are awake with no pain meds except for numbing gel when the procedure is done.

Damn, your second cat is an ass O.o