Sentences with phrase «by declawed»

The pain and discomfort felt by declawed cats following surgery, and possibly lasting for the rest of their lives, may bring about undesirable behavioural changes.

Pads may also be preferred by declawed and arthritic cats.

Now less people hurt their cats by declawing, instead they just order soft paws and they love the cute colors too.

Since 1966, there have been several articles in the veterinary literature that have examined the behavioral changes caused by declawing: Yeon, et al., (JAVMA 2001) found that 33 % of cats suffer at least one behavioral problem after declaw or tendonectomy surgery.

Some cats are so shocked by declawing that their personalities change.

Not exact matches

Assigning house numbers is an obscure duty of the city's borough presidents, one of the few actual powers they have retained since the position was declawed by the revised City Charter in 1990.

After 97 % of those surveyed by Siena indicate they desired real ethics reform measures be enacted we get Beagle bills, cat declawing legislation, Daily fantasy sports, the right to drink on Sunday morning and a lot of sorry excuses and finger pointing concerning ethics in government.

The heavy metal legend has come out in support of a bill pushed by Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal that would ban the declawing of cats.

Well, maybe, but only if we accept the sanitized version of the decade that gave us rock and roll and the beats — the declawed, gutless, and thoroughly superficial take passed down by Happy Days and the movie that inspired it, American Graffiti, which was exactly the sort of film that Linklater said he didn't want to make when he set out to write and direct Dazed and Confused.

Vet Worthy's Styptic Powder can be used to stop minor bleeding issues caused by small cuts, nail clipping, tail docking and declawing.

Declawed cats are cats that have surgically had their claws taken out by a veterinarian.

Inappropriate urination can be caused by kidney or urinary tract infections, dirty litter boxes, declawing, or stress.

While legislation may seem extreme, veterinarians have had 40 years to tell the truth about declawing, but have consistently failed to abide by even the lax requirements of the American Veterinary Medical Association's policy.

Declaw may go by age / weight as they did note that.

However, I love the idea of never having a reason to declaw, by attracting cats to where we do want them to scratch.

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Landlords will reduce damage to their property by not requiring declawing.

Declawing, whether by laser or any other method, is serious surgery which is not only painful and causes shock to the cat, it can also cause many physical or mental complications.

Procedures such as ear cropping, tail docking, or debarking in dogs, or declawing in cats are unacceptable because of the suffering and disfigurement they cause an animal are not offset by any benefits to the animal.

The stress, caused by a feeling of vulnerability, can make some cats that have been declawed prone to diseases such as cystitis, skin disorders and irritable bowel syndrome.

Supporters of declawing often think the surgery is routine and that cats are unchanged by the procedure.

But this practice has since been deplored by many veterinarians, who argue that declawing can be likened to amputation.

If a cat's scratching causes conflict with your furniture, there is no need to declaw — you can help fulfil their natural, normal, and necessary need to scratch by redirecting their behavior.

I work in a pet adoption center and rescue cats and I am amazed by the number of people that don't know how inhumane declawing is.

Declawing cats is perhaps the most controversial surgical procedure performed by veterinarians today.

Declawing, tail docking, and ear cropping are not considered a humane procedure by the HSUS nor by RCCAH.

There are only extremely rare instances, when claws are affected by a medical condition, that declawing cats can be considered anything but inhumane.

If you want to learn about declawing, please read this excellent article on declawing written by a veterinarian.

This surgical procedure is not even considered by European veterinarians and citizens of those countries do not even think about having their cats declawed.

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Declawed cats are also more likely to develop spinal arthritis due to postural changes caused by the procedure.

Declawing kittens is a practice which is not recommended by the American Association of Feline Practitioners.

«Declawing kittens (feline onychectomy), while possible, is considered to be inhumane by many.

Basically, kittens declawing is still considered by many people as controversial treatment for cat.

Declawed cats will still show their dislike for certain things by biting or scratching with their hind legs.

I can't understand why more Americans are not bothered that a trade organization (the CVMA) is interfering both with state HOUSING laws and with the rights of individual cities in California to determine what is and is not consistent with their civic values (as evidenced by the CVMA's attempt to overturn the declaw ban in West Hollywood).

Even «declawing» them by removing their fingertips (cutting of the section that grows their claws) does not remove their obsession with clawing, it just makes it irritating to painful for them.

I am unsure as to if she was sharing her bed space with your cat, but her doctor determined that she was infected by the skin trauma caused by her cat's claws (declaw anyone?

A bill making it illegal for a landlord in California to require their tenants to have their pets declawed or devocalized has been rejected by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Developed by a veterinarian, and like declawing, they are recommended only for indoor cats.

Landlords would be prohibited from requiring tenants to declaw or devocalize their pets under a bill approved this week by California lawmakers.

By my count, declaw is banned or significantly restricted in over 20 countries.

The AVMA policy to educate cat owners as to the seriousness of declawing and after all other alternatives have been tried is ignored by the vets who advertise neuter / declaw packages, or declawing with discount, young kittens are declawed for convenience!

To everyone posting comments, all to which I thoroughly agree, please know that Steve Dale is a staunch AVMA supporter and has always deemed declawing as a «last resort», which we all know means NO cat is safe, so don't be fooled by any of his declawing articles — they may look anti-declawing but they are all peppered with the same lies that the AVMA spews out, i.e, «keeps cats in homes», «needed for compromised immune systems»....

Which makes me wonder... is this biting issue (or destructive behavioral problems) made up by those who are simply looking for supportive evidence to prove declawing doesn't work or isn't worth it???

The declawing procedure is considered to be mutilation by many.

A fact sheet concerning declawing that was issued by the society mentions that if the procedure was performed on humans, it would be comparable to cutting off each finger at the last knuckle.

We are not receiving many applications to adopt from what we would consider suitable homes — some obstacles to adoption are financial ability to seek medical care, small children who might get scratched by a frightened cat, other pets in the home, age of the cat, or the adopter's insistence to declaw.

Declawed cats can also often be emotionally unpredictable because they are confused by the loss of their claws or they over-compensate because they no longer have that tool.

Because they can not defend themselves adequately against attacks by other animals, declawed cats who are allowed outdoors may be at increased risk of injury or death.