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Declawing is bad, but cutting off the balls is ok?

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Because the latter is out of necessity?
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I do wish there was a way to sterilize and prevent undesirable behavior like spraying without resorting to castration, but for the moment there isn't.
 
Originally posted by: EatSpam
Originally posted by: ViRGE
Because the latter is out of necessity?
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I do wish there was a way to sterilize and prevent undesirable behavior like spraying without resorting to castration, but for the moment there isn't.
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spraying?
 
Declawing means the animal is pretty much fvcked in terms of survival if it gets lost? Whereas de-balling means it can still fvck but won't produce unnecessary offspring that will just wind up dead or in a shelter where they may have to face death anyway (albeit more humanely).
 
Originally posted by: ViRGE
Because the latter is out of necessity?
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What necessity? Do we need to prevent cats from having kittens? They're inconvenient, but is castration part of nature's plan?
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
What's worse, neutering/spaying them or putting the kittens down when nobody adopts them?
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Its not the fact that nobody adopts them, its that there are already too many dogs/cats. If people adopt them there is still a problem of too many dogs/cats, so the only way to solve the problem is to not have them reproduce in the first place.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
What's worse, neutering/spaying them or putting the kittens down when nobody adopts them?
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There's probably enough single guys in this forum to keep the unwanted kitten population down.

Won't you please think of the kittens!? :brokenheart:
 
Originally posted by: JToxic
Originally posted by: BigJ
What's worse, neutering/spaying them or putting the kittens down when nobody adopts them?
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Its not the fact that nobody adopts them, its that there are already too many dogs/cats. If people adopt them there is still a problem of too many dogs/cats, so the only way to solve the problem is to not have them reproduce in the first place.
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We solved the problem of too many buffalo by shooting them.
 
Originally posted by: Savij
Originally posted by: JToxic
Originally posted by: BigJ
What's worse, neutering/spaying them or putting the kittens down when nobody adopts them?
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Its not the fact that nobody adopts them, its that there are already too many dogs/cats. If people adopt them there is still a problem of too many dogs/cats, so the only way to solve the problem is to not have them reproduce in the first place.
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We solved the problem of too many buffalo by shooting them.
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Actually we were just trying to get rid of the Native Americans and make fur coats.
 
Declawing is disgusting. Its basically an amputation of the first joint of a cat?s toe.

Declawing could also lead to problems in the litter box. Declawed cats sometimes avoid the litter box and choose the softer carpet instead since it is painful for them to dig into the litter. It could also lead to joint problems later on in your cats life
 
Originally posted by: Savij
Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
Declawing means the animal is pretty much fvcked in terms of survival if it gets lost? Whereas de-balling means it can still fvck but won't produce unnecessary offspring that will just wind up dead or in a shelter where they may have to face death anyway (albeit more humanely).
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This cat seems to be doing ok: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1873458&enterthread=y
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Not everyone has a mole infestation to feed their cat if the owner isn't around to do it. 😛 Talk about an easy kill.
 
Originally posted by: thereds
Originally posted by: EatSpam
Originally posted by: ViRGE
Because the latter is out of necessity?
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I do wish there was a way to sterilize and prevent undesirable behavior like spraying without resorting to castration, but for the moment there isn't.
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spraying?
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Intact male cats will spray urine to mark territory, even in the house. Females bleed and sometimes spray.
 
Originally posted by: BW86
Declawing is disgusting. Its basically aa amputation of the first joint of a cat?s toe.

Declawing could also lead to problems in the litter box. Declawed cats sometimes avoid the litter box and choose the softer carpet instead since it is painful for them to dig into the litter.
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And removing sexual organs has no side affects? I understand that the genital mutilation is practiced in order to completely change a cat's personality. You take away it's pride, you completely subjugate the animal. I don't know about you, but I think i would take losing the last knuckle of my fingers over losing my jewels.
 
Originally posted by: EatSpam

Intact male cats will spray urine to mark territory, even in the house. Females bleed and sometimes spray.
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A cat was doing that to my car for a while. It made my car smell digusting. It sprayed my car with urine to mark its territory. I sprayed the cat with BBs to mark mine.

1 cat in the bag FTW.
 
Originally posted by: Savij
Originally posted by: BW86
Declawing is disgusting. Its basically aa amputation of the first joint of a cat?s toe.

Declawing could also lead to problems in the litter box. Declawed cats sometimes avoid the litter box and choose the softer carpet instead since it is painful for them to dig into the litter.
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And removing sexual organs has no side affects? I understand that the genital mutilation is practiced in order to completely change a cat's personality. You take away it's pride, you completely subjugate the animal. I don't know about you, but I think i would take losing the last knuckle of my fingers over losing my jewels.
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You have been given a very reasonable and logical answer many times in this thread yet you continue to talk like a crazy person.

Yes we all agree it ain't pretty to neutered/spayed, but do you really not see the inherent danger of not doing so? You would have way too many dogs/cats running around and ultimately they would have to be shot/killed. Stray dogs/cats bring can easily carry diseases.

So if the population isn't controlled, the following will happen:

1. Kill the pups/kittens after they are born
2. Kill the over populated strays
3. Worry about disease spreading from strays
 
Originally posted by: Savij
Originally posted by: BW86
Declawing is disgusting. Its basically aa amputation of the first joint of a cat?s toe.

Declawing could also lead to problems in the litter box. Declawed cats sometimes avoid the litter box and choose the softer carpet instead since it is painful for them to dig into the litter.
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And removing sexual organs has no side affects? I understand that the genital mutilation is practiced in order to completely change a cat's personality. You take away it's pride, you completely subjugate the animal. I don't know about you, but I think i would take losing the last knuckle of my fingers over losing my jewels.
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That's a pretty tough call IMHO. I'd certainly REALLY miss my fingers... you lose a LOT of dexterity with just losing the distal portion. I suppose you could still write, and grip a lot of objects, but a lot of things would become difficult. Nuts can be replaced with prosthetics and hormone replacement, though my knowledge of the effectiveness of current methods is limited. You wouldn't be able to have kids, but I'm sure there are plenty of kids who wouldn't mind being adopted. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Savij
Originally posted by: BW86
Declawing is disgusting. Its basically aa amputation of the first joint of a cat?s toe.

Declawing could also lead to problems in the litter box. Declawed cats sometimes avoid the litter box and choose the softer carpet instead since it is painful for them to dig into the litter.
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And removing sexual organs has no side affects? I understand that the genital mutilation is practiced in order to completely change a cat's personality. You take away it's pride, you completely subjugate the animal. I don't know about you, but I think i would take losing the last knuckle of my fingers over losing my jewels.
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We aren't talking about you genius. We are talking about cats, animals that will breed nonstop until they die if allowed. Every female cat can have multiple litters of kittens with roughly 4-6 kittens per litter. You do the math.
 
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