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Declawed cats do not have more behavioral problems than cats with claws. Discuss.

February 9, 2024January 29, 2024 by Michael Broad

It is claimed in a series of studies around 2015 that declawing did not alter the behaviour of domestic cats. In fact, the operation pleased the owners and it helped to prevent the abandonment of those cats to shelters. I would like to quote a few of those studies and then discuss the results. …

63% of declawed cats have bone fragments in their toes. Go figure how that feels.

March 20, 2022 by Michael Broad

A study first published May 23, 2017, entitled Pain and adverse behaviour in declawed cats, definitively concluded that 63% of the declawed cats in the study had bone fragments remaining in their toes. The bone fragments were present because the veterinarian who did the operation did it poorly. They did it too quickly and …