I want a Pet, how do I do it when I live at home?

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
just rent a cat and play with it at the park

GODDAMNIT!! I read this post and started ROFL'ing so hard i hurt my taint.

 

[McCartney]

Not really extremes. I know dogs are nice natured creatures but their affection for new people sometimes is mistaken for terror.

 

[summit]

cat's scratch the hell out of people buddy. get some homies chill out don't stress so hard and please man chill on the using adhd as your crutch. just live baby.

 

[McCartney]

I'll be getting it declawed if I get one.
And it's not a fucking crutch, shut the fuck up if you don't know what you're talking abuot. I'm sick and tired of hearing it from people in real life, if it was just a crutch then it shouldn't be listed in the DSM as a fucking disability

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: McCartney
I'll be getting it declawed if I get one.
And it's not a fucking crutch, shut the fuck up if you don't know what you're talking abuot. I'm sick and tired of hearing it from people in real life, if it was just a crutch then it shouldn't be listed in the DSM as a fucking disability

please rethink declawing your cat. there are alternatives to this. namely a new product out there that sands down the claw after a couple of swipes to a blunt.

 

[McCartney]

Does it hurt the cat alot? I don't want the cat to hate me if I do get one and declaw it

 

[rasczak]

it's painful. they do sedate the cat to do the procedure. (at least from what i remember my dad telling me about it) but he had his cat declawed when it was a kitten and it had plenty of time to get over any hard feelings (the cat lived 18 years if I remember correctly). give it some thought before you have it declawed and look at the alternatives. if you are the type who won't be able to stick to a schedule of trimming the nails at least twice a week, well, i'll leave it at that..

 

[McCartney]

It will be a kitten. no more than 2 months old MAX.
I wouldn't do that to an older cat but I'm trying to score a cat very young

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: McCartney
It will be a kitten. no more than 2 months old MAX.
I wouldn't do that to an older cat but I'm trying to score a cat very young

And no younger than 2 months. Adopt a kitten from a shelter.

 

[waffleironhead]

Originally posted by: McCartney
It will be a kitten. no more than 2 months old MAX.
I wouldn't do that to an older cat but I'm trying to score a cat very young

Good luck with the young kittens. 8 weeks is the earliest you want to remove a kitten from their mother. Expecially if you intend to go with a "pure" breed. IME cats who have been removed from their mother before 8 weeks have issues.

Get over the cute little kitten thing and go to the pound and rescue an older cat who needs a home.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: rasczak
it's painful. they do sedate the cat to do the procedure. (at least from what i remember my dad telling me about it) but he had his cat declawed when it was a kitten and it had plenty of time to get over any hard feelings (the cat lived 18 years if I remember correctly). give it some thought before you have it declawed and look at the alternatives. if you are the type who won't be able to stick to a schedule of trimming the nails at least twice a week, well, i'll leave it at that..

Please don't speak of things you really know nothing about.

There are also several method to a declaw. Even trimmed nails can be damaging in a home.

If someone can give a cat a decent home at the expense of this relatively harmless procedure then so be it.

The biggest problem is people tend to declaw and then put their cats outside.

Every cat I have known that had this done was back to playing within hours of the surgery.

With more modern anesthesias than years ago they can do this and a spay/neuter at a much younger age.

You still need to trim the back claws with this procedure though.

 

[waffleironhead]

Originally posted by: McCartney
I'll be getting it declawed if I get one.
And it's not a fucking crutch, shut the fuck up if you don't know what you're talking abuot. I'm sick and tired of hearing it from people in real life, if it was just a crutch then it shouldn't be listed in the DSM as a fucking disability

What is your reasoning behind getting it declawed? Is this just a knee-jerk reaction to eliminate clawing?

 

[McCartney]

no, it's to eliminate my worry for my cat ruining my parents living room sofas and things such as that.
I hear cats enjoy using their feet which I have no objection against I just don't want to chance it scratching things that are very expensive in the household and easily accessible. I want my cat to enjoy things I have in the house without running risk of the cat unintentionally destroing it

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: McCartney
no, it's to eliminate my worry for my cat ruining my parents living room sofas and things such as that.
I hear cats enjoy using their feet which I have no objection against I just don't want to chance it scratching things that are very expensive in the household and easily accessible. I want my cat to enjoy things I have in the house without running risk of the cat unintentionally destroing it

Then wait til you move out.

 

[summit]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: McCartney
no, it's to eliminate my worry for my cat ruining my parents living room sofas and things such as that.
I hear cats enjoy using their feet which I have no objection against I just don't want to chance it scratching things that are very expensive in the household and easily accessible. I want my cat to enjoy things I have in the house without running risk of the cat unintentionally destroing it

Then wait til you move out.

OP wants one NOW!!!

but hey OP you have this to look foward too...
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