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Anonymous
I had my cat declawed (front and back) and now she bites too much too hard. I read earlier that someone dulled their cat's teeth, but my vet never heard of the procedure.

Is this cruel? How much does it cost (I called at about six and all businesses are closed now)? What are the consequences (psychologically I mean, for the cat)?
>> Mr. Bubbles !!DLJ3bQ7yunJ
You already declawed her, I think she went through enough.
>> Anonymous
I see you're reaping what you've sown. Good job declawing your cat!
>> Anonymous
>>225042
But once I dull her teeth down she won't do anything annoying anymore. I want her to bite me, in a playful manner. But she draws blood often while we PLAY.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>225044
If you're not a troll, you've fucking stupid. Its your fault your cat is like this because you're encouraging the bad behavior.
Don't wrestle with your fucking cat. Get a laser light.
>> Anonymous
>>225049
I like the play wrestling though. I put her in her cage for ten minutes whenever she bites too hard, but she seems to be stupid. She still doesn't get it.
>> Anonymous
>>225041
No legal vet will dull your cat's teeth. That's cruel, you're going to be going down to their nerves.

You don't deserve a cat.
>> Anonymous
Cats wont respond to training by caging. My cats have always bitten during wrestling and its not something I think should be "punished" as reminded of because once my cats bite they get a good bonk on the nose and thrown on the floor, and I notice if they do it again they stop and ge quiet and look sorry, as if they just forgot. Try a gentle bonk on the nose (careful, they have very sensitive noses) and throw them off you, I dont think caging will do any good. Hope it helps. Oh and I think shes biting harder because she cant scratch...seems obvious.
>> O
why not just kill it.. it shouldnt bother you too much then.
>> Anonymous
That's not how you train a cat!!! Punishing will only make it hate you. The best way to correct a cat is to give it a dismissive word when it does something wrong. I just say NO to my cat if she did anything wrong and she listen well just fine. I hope your cat uses your bed as its favourite toilet.
>> Anonymous
>>225052

If you don't like how she plays, play something else with her you faggot. Don't mutilate her for it. Jesus christ.
And putting her in a cage for 10 minutes? That's just stupid. As someone said already, that's not how you train a cat, and even if it would work, it's completely unnecessary. Cats aren't children. You just need to let them know they're being too rough and then move on, not jail them for it. Someone's been watching too much supernanny.
>> Anonymous
Wow, so you wanted an animal that wouldn't scratch or bite.

And you got a cat.

Well, of course! Let's mutilate an animal to fit OUR needs! Makes perfect fucking sense!
>> Anonymous
>>225041
Soooo, out of curiosity, are you the same person who started the thread about his little brother beating his cat? Are you gonna see if you can beat the amount of replies in the last one as more and more people fail to recognize a terribly obvious troll? :( Why is /an/ so bad at this?
>> Anonymous
My oldest cat was declawed 14 years ago when she was a kitten. I constantly see her pulling on crap with the pads on her front feet, and those things have grown incredibly tough over the years. She'll bop me with them sometimes when we're playing and it stings. I think she trained with Rocky Balboa.
>> Dreamstate !y0erVXgIdo
failtroll is fail.
You all also fail to detect trolls, though cats are sacred. So it's understandable. :/

Declawing is inhumane. People who do it need stringing up by their balls and having the first knuckles of their fingers removed on both hands ,to see how they like it.
>> Anonymous
>>225166
retard
>> Anonymous
shithead
>> Anonymous
OP here, there is nothing wrong with mutilation. As long as we're still able to live happy lives (As my cat can), then why not alter ourselves a bit? I have five earrings and a tongue piercing. What's the big deal?
>> Anonymous
>>225345

Because you wanted the piercings yourself, idiot. The cat never asked to be declawed.
>> Anonymous
>>225044

If you're not a troll, go kill yourself. You just put your cat through something HORRIBLE just so they won't tear up your furniture. Go ahead and do something for me: Go to the kitchen, grab a knife, and cut off your fingertips. THAT is the pain your cat went through when you declawed it. Now you want to dull a cat's teeth? Do you even give two shits about your cat? You don't deserve a mouse, much less a cat.

Jesus Christ, I hate you.
>> Anonymous
Its his cat he can do what he wants with it.

It's only a dumb animal.
>> Anonymous
>>225351

Well, you're a dumb human, too. Not to mention an ignorant one.
How about I mutilate you, too? :) I can do what I want.
>> Anonymous
If your cat is biting hard enough to draw blood when wrestling, ur doing it wrong.
>> Anonymous
>>225352

No, that would be a serious crime, you somehow have the delusion that cats are as important as humans.
>> Anonymous
>>225355

Not the one that posted the mutilation comment, but I kind of agree with you. Cats are NOT as important as humans, no animal is. However, cats are not 'dumb', nor do they belong to people in the sense that they can do whatever they want to it.
>> Anonymous
>>225349
I never wanted to be circumcised, yet I was. I'm not complaining.

>>225350
Bullshit, my cat was under drugs at the time. She didn't feel anything.

I care about my cat, thats why I play with her and want to spend more time with her, but her teeth are too sharp.

>>225352
If you have a license you can mutilate me. I want to split my tongue and sharpen my teeth.
>> Anonymous
You're either trolling or very stupid.
Get the fuck out.
>> Anonymous
>>225405
Stupid? What makes you think I'm stupid? What's so stupid about making it easier to play with my baby?
>> Anonymous
>>225416

You're dealing with a board that has the highest percentage of furries over any of the other boards. So unfortunately you're going to get a bunch of whiny faggots mewling at you about anything they may consider to be "cruel" to animals.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
DE-CLAWING YOUR CATS IS CRUEL
its only purpose is to keep your cat from tearing up the furniture, how would you like it if some one came along and cut off 1/4 of your fingers?

you suck
KILL YOUR SELF

DO IT
>> Anonymous
FINNTROLL
>> Anonymous
>>225438
It's also there so that I don't have to trim her paws often (which is a bother) and not have her scratch me when we play. Plus, it's cute to get swatted by a clawless paw!
>> Anonymous
>>225438

I'd REALLY love to cut off your fingers, faggot.
>> Anonymous
>>225376

Dear, that doesn't mean anything. Even if it's a few hours after you cut off your fingers after drugging yourself, YOUR MISSING FINGER NUBS WILL STILL HURT
>> Anonymous
Because indoor housecats totally need their front claws am I right?
>> Anonymous
>>225460
Well, she doesn't feel it anymore. I'm not sure how long she was out though, but they promised me it would only hurt her a little for a few days once she started to walk.
>> Anonymous
>>225357
Important? What exactly makes a human important? Humans are comletely unimportant.
They do not contribute to the ecosystem. They are parasites.
>> Anonymous
good god, why is this shit still there.
>> Anonymous
>>225479
Because /an/ is especially susceptible to trolls.
>> Anonymous
>>225478
We learn. We contribute. We shape the world.
>> Anonymous
>>225494
What do you mean we "contribute"? It's all self interest. We consume ressources, we aggressively invade habitats and destroy ecosystems. Do you realize that oil is running out? Ok, maybe not in our lifetime, but there's not enough oil for 200 years. 200 fucking years to completely use up a valuable natural ressource. Meanwhile we're burying radioactive waste in the earth (see Nevada) which will stay harmful for more than a million years. Oh, and overgoddamnpopulation. Do you not see the problem here or are you just fucking dense?
>> Anonymous
Nature can take it back anytime she wants. Look at Chernobyl.

All it takes is a few really nice earthquakes and poof, clean slate. All the poisons and shit will eventually be purged. Our lives may suck in the meantime, but we reap what we sow over time.

How the fuck did we get on this topic from a declawing/troll thread?
>> Anonymous
>>225519
Chernobyl was the result of a man-made mistake, it had nothing to do with nature you moron.
>> Anonymous
>>225524

He's talking about the area around it fuckface, how about you read sometime idiot...

http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0810-Chernobyl.html

And for the record, fuck cats, if they can't learn when not to use their claws, then they don't need or deserve em. If some asshole tried to scratch me every time I tried to be nice to them, I'd be all for taking off their fucking knuckles.
>> Anonymous
Ok, I'm all for declawing a cat, I mean, whatever. It's no big deal if you're keeping them inside. "Ohhhhh! It's painful! And cruel!" I'm pretty sure a vet would make sure it's not painful. Don't declaw your cat and leave us alone. Also, fuck you.

However, dulling a cat's teeth DOES seem cruel. Especially just because someone wants to wrestle with the cat like a faggot and expect not to get hurt. You'll have to feed her soft food the rest of her life and watch the gingivitis build up. Good luck brushing her teeth, hah!

Suck it up and get a real toy for the cat and stop trying to justify dulling the animal's teeth for your own petty, needy reasons. Get a girlfriend if you want something to wrestle with.
>> Anonymous
About 1/3 of surgical declawings result in medical complications. Also, in addition to behavioral trauma and increased likelihood of biting, declawing results in very high incidences of arthritis because of changes in gait and, because the scratching behavior is a means by which cats mark their territory with the scent glands in their paws, declawed cats usually resort to pissing and/or shitting all over the place. Enjoy having your place smell like an elderly woman's.

Dulling the teeth is even stupider because apart from making it harder to chew you'd be destroying the enamel and making the teeth prone to cavities, infection, and breakage.
>> Anonymous
>>225511
We're learning. Hence, green technology. As we learn more about science we learn more and more efficient ways to use energy. Eventually we'll be pretty damn clean, so what's the problem once we start to fix the Earth and terraform other planets?

Humans aren't the problem here, it's TOO many humans. The same thing would happen with too many of any animal. Agreed?
>> Anonymous
Importance is relative to context and an idiotic thing to argue over without that, especially when there are billions of both, both spend their lives eating, pissing, shittng, fornicating and trying to entertain themselves, and neither species serves a necessary ecological role (other than perhaps as a theoretical Omega). You guys may consider yourselves more important than someone's housepet because your grandma loves you and your manager at the local burger barn says you're an important part of the team but in the grand scheme of things you'll be forgotten just as quickly.
>> Anonymous
>>225569

No I don't fucking agree, that's just plain wrong. The same thing does not happen with other animals because the ecosystem has a way of regulating itself; too many wolves eating too many sheep will mean that there won't be enough sheep to feed the wolves, hence less wolves (it's much more complicated than that but you get the concept). We humans accumulate ressources, our intelligence has put us above or beyond this system, which means we'll keep reproducing and infesting the earth.

Hear this, the problem with overpopulation is that no one wants to talk about the solutions: most "liberal democracies" won't be able to implement a forced one-child program because hey, people should have the "liberty" to have as many kids as they want. there's also the economic factor, in a capitalist system there's the need for productivity, hence young people, hence more people (gotta stay competitive).
war along with death, is seen today as a heinous act, avoidable at all costs.
even diseases, a kind of natural regulating process is being thwarted by our scientific progress.

This has absolutely nothing to do with the topic but I'm bored and have been thinking about these things the past few days... Yeah. I'll probably make a thread about it later on /r9k/
>> SAGE SAGE
First, sage, it goes in all fields because this is a fucking troll.

Secondly, lrn2train your pet. If you're declawing it because you're too damn lazy to clip its nails, why'd you get a cat to begin with? Unless this was some adopted cat that had major clawing issues to begin with, you can train any pet to do anything you want.
>> Anonymous
troll
>> Anonymous
>>225573
So by not having enough deer, the wolves will die down? What makes you think they simply won't start moving to other animals, or that once the food is done in that area they won't expand their borders?

Too many wolves will start to eat all the shit they can find and move on to find more. Am I wrong?

Yes, overpulation is a problem, but that goes for ANY species. I agree, we need to get rid of a lot of people. A LOT of people, or at least not let them to come up.

Okay, so you agree with my other points then, am I right?
>> Anonymous
>>225587

I do, but overpopulation, while potentially a problem with all species, is only relevant on earth with humans. Seriously, there's been life on earth for hundreds of millions of years and it has always been stable, and now look at what we've done in the last 100-200 years... Something's wrong and I don't know if I can do anything about it, it makes me fucking depressed.

tl;dr BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW